CVE-2021-36805

Akaunting Invoice Footer Persistent XSS

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Published Aug 4, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.2 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the sales invoice processing component of the application. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

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

Akaunting

Akaunting

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.1.12`	affected	≤ 2.1.12

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:akaunting:akaunting:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23381	Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the sales invoice processing component of the application. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.625% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed/

History

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Subscriptions

Akaunting Akaunting

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:29 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: rapid7
Published: Aug 4, 2021, 10:20 PM
Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 4:29 AM
Reserved: Jul 19, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 4, 2021, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

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