CVE-2021-32853

Erxes vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

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Published Feb 20, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Erxes, an experience operating system (XOS) with a set of plugins, is vulnerable to cross-site scripting in versions 0.22.3 and prior. This results in client-side code execution. The victim must follow a malicious link or be redirected there from malicious web site. There are no known patches.

Affected Products

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

npm

erxes

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0.22.3`	affected	≤ 0.22.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:erxes:erxes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-g9ph-r9hc-34r8	Erxes vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Metrics

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

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.1% (3.125% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/erxes/erxes/blob/f131b49add72032650d483f044d00658908aaf4a/widgets/server/index.ts#L54
https://github.com/erxes/erxes/blob/f131b49add72032650d483f044d00658908aaf4a/widgets/server/views/widget.ejs#L14
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-103-erxes/

History

Mar 10, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Erxes Erxes

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Mar 10, 2025, 9:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Feb 20, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Mar 10, 2025, 9:09 PM
Reserved: May 12, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:33 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:33 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:53 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 20, 2023, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:53 AM

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