CVE-2021-43991

Persistent XSS via Avatar Upload in Kentico Xperience CMS

Published Dec 3, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Kentico Xperience CMS version 13.0 – 13.0.43 is vulnerable to a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (also known as Stored or Second-Order XSS). Persistent XSS vulnerabilities occur when the application stores and retrieves client supplied data without proper handling of dangerous content. This type of XSS vulnerability is exploited by submitting malicious script content to the application which is then retrieved and executed by other application users. The attacker could exploit this to conduct a range of attacks against users of the affected application such as session hijacking, account take over and accessing sensitive data.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30852 The Kentico Xperience CMS version 13.0 – 13.0.43 is vulnerable to a persistent Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (also known as Stored or Second-Order XSS). Persistent XSS vulnerabilities occur when the application stores and retrieves client supplied data without proper handling of dangerous content. This type of XSS vulnerability is exploited by submitting malicious script content to the application which is then retrieved and executed by other application users. The attacker could exploit this to conduct a range of attacks against users of the affected application such as session hijacking, account take over and accessing sensitive data.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
AppCheck
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:10 AM
Reserved
Nov 17, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 3, 2021, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM