CVE-2021-21258 (GCVE-0-2021-21258)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-02 19:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
XSS injection in ajax/kanban
Summary
GLPI is an open-source asset and IT management software package that provides ITIL Service Desk features, licenses tracking and software auditing. In GLPI from version 9.5.0 and before version 9.5.4, there is a cross-site scripting injection vulnerability when using ajax/kanban.php. This is fixed in version 9.5.4.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/security/adv… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/commit/e7802… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| glpi-project | glpi |
Affected:
>= 9.5.0, < 9.5.4
|
guessed |
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