CVE-2021-40369

Published on: 11/24/2021 12:00:00 AM UTC

Last Modified on: 11/09/2022 09:43:00 PM UTC

CVE-2021-40369

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Certain versions of Jspwiki from Apache contain the following vulnerability:

A carefully crafted plugin link invocation could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, related to the Denounce plugin, which could allow the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the victim. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.

CVE-2021-40369 has been assigned by [email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
Affected Vendor/Software: Apache Software Foundation - Apache JSPWiki version <= 2.11.0.M8

Vulnerability Patch/Work Around

Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.

CVSS3 Score: 6.1 - MEDIUM

Attack Vector ^ⓘ	Attack Complexity	Privileges Required	User Interaction
NETWORK	LOW	NONE	REQUIRED
Scope	Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
CHANGED	LOW	LOW	NONE

CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM

Access Vector^ⓘ	Access Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE
Confidentiality Impact	Integrity Impact	Availability Impact
NONE	PARTIAL	NONE

CVE References

Description	Tags ^ⓘ	Link
JSPWiki: CVE-2021-40369	jspwiki-wiki.apache.org text/html	MISC jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=CVE-2021-40369
No Description Provided	lists.apache.org text/html	MISC lists.apache.org/thread/r2j00nrnpjgcmoxvlv3pgfoq9kzrcsfh
oss-security - CVE-2022-28730: Apache JSPWiki Cross-site scripting vulnerability on AJAXPreview.jsp	www.openwall.com text/html	MLIST [oss-security] 20220803 CVE-2022-28730: Apache JSPWiki Cross-site scripting vulnerability on AJAXPreview.jsp

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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE

Exploit/POC from Github

A carefully crafted plugin link invocation could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, related to the Denou…

Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
Application	Apache	Jspwiki	All	All	All	All

cpe:2.3:a:apache:jspwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:

Discovery Credit

Apache JSPWiki would like to thank map1e ([email protected]) for discovering this issue.

Social Mentions

Source	Title	Posted (UTC)
@oss_security	[CVE-2021-40369] Apache JSPWiki Cross-site scripting vulnerability on Denounce plugin: Posted by Juan Pablo Santos… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2021-11-24 02:30:07
@CVEreport	CVE-2021-40369 : A carefully crafted plugin link invocation could trigger an #XSS vulnerability on #Apache JSPWiki,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…	2021-11-24 11:19:27