CVE-2021-40973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/installer/step-004.inc.php in spotweb 1.5.1 and below allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the lastname parameter.

Published: 2021-10-01

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:spotweb_project:spotweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-28127	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/installer/step-004.inc.php in spotweb 1.5.1 and below allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the lastname parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0225.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb
https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/issues/711

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Spotweb Project Spotweb

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-10-01T15:42:13.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:59:30.921Z

Reserved: 2021-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40973

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-01T16:15:07.837

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:07:41.780

Link: CVE-2021-40973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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