CVE-2021-32857 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cockpit is a content management system that allows addition of content management functionality to any site. In versions 0.12.2 and prior, bad HTML sanitization in `htmleditor.js` may lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) issues. There are no known patches for this issue.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00477.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Agentejo	Cockpit

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:agentejo:cockpit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-19582	Cockpit is a content management system that allows addition of content management functionality to any site. In versions 0.12.2 and prior, bad HTML sanitization in `htmleditor.js` may lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) issues. There are no known patches for this issue.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/blob/f7cd602bcc6134657ccfeb4e400b0050943dd243/assets/lib/uikit/js/components/htmleditor.js
https://github.com/agentejo/cockpit/commit/0c6628cbff3e49bc317c97b03a4666b3a75f76cc
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-1035_Cockpit_Next/

History

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-10T21:08:33.571Z

Reserved: 2021-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-32857

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:33:55.918Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-21T15:15:11.630

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:07:53.777

Link: CVE-2021-32857

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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