PT-2021-16907 · Factor · Factor

Published 2021-11-16 · Updated 2021-11-17 · CVE-2021-25984

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 v1.3.3 through v1.8.30

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute malicious JavaScript code and steal session cookies due to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) at the "post reply" section.

Recommendations For versions v1.3.3 through v1.8.30, update to a version that fixes the stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "post reply" section until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-25984

Affected Products

Factor

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25984 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25984 · Security Note
• https://github.com/FactorJS/factor/blob/v1.8.30/%40plugins/plugin-forum/topic-reply.vue#L119 · Note
• https://whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25984 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/32454 · Telegram Post