PT-2021-16906 · Factor · Factor

Published 2021-11-16 · Updated 2021-11-17 · CVE-2021-25983

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Factor (App Framework & Headless CMS) forum plugin versions v1.3.8 through v1.8.30

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code due to reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) at the tags and category parameters in the URL, potentially leading to session cookie theft.

Recommendations For versions v1.3.8 through v1.8.30, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the tags and category parameters in the URL until a patch is available. Avoid using these parameters in URLs to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25983

Affected Products

Factor

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25983 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25983 · Security Note
• https://github.com/FactorJS/factor/blob/v1.8.30/%40plugins/plugin-forum/topic-list.vue#L141-L143 · Note
• https://whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25983 · Note