CVE-2021-25987 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Hexo versions 0.0.1 to 5.4.0 are vulnerable against stored XSS. The post “body” and “tags” don’t sanitize malicious javascript during web page generation. Local unprivileged attacker can inject arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00091.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Hexo	Hexo

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hexo:hexo:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2565	Hexo versions 0.0.1 to 5.4.0 are vulnerable against stored XSS. The post “body” and “tags” don’t sanitize malicious javascript during web page generation. Local unprivileged attacker can inject arbitrary code.
Github GHSA	GHSA-q54r-r9pr-w7qv	Hexo Vulnerable to XSS

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hexojs/hexo/commit/5170df2d3fa9c69e855c4b7c2b084ebfd92d5200
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25987

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-11-30T13:50:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:44:20.648Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-25987

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:19.340Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-30T14:15:07.530

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:44.413

Link: CVE-2021-25987

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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