CVE-2021-25967 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In CKAN, versions 2.9.0 to 2.9.3 are affected by a stored XSS vulnerability via SVG file upload of users’ profile picture. This allows low privileged application users to store malicious scripts in their profile picture. These scripts are executed in a victim’s browser when they open the malicious profile picture

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00206.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Okfn	Ckan

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-0042	In CKAN, versions 2.9.0 to 2.9.3 are affected by a stored XSS vulnerability via SVG file upload of users’ profile picture. This allows low privileged application users to store malicious scripts in their profile picture. These scripts are executed in a victim’s browser when they open the malicious profile picture
Github GHSA	GHSA-6w9p-88qg-p3g3	Cross-site Scripting in CKAN

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25967

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-12-01T13:40:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:44:12.543Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25967

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:19.015Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-01T14:15:07.737

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:41.713

Link: CVE-2021-25967

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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