CVE-2021-42567 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apereo CAS through 6.4.1 allows XSS via POST requests sent to the REST API endpoints.

Published: 2021-12-07

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 8.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apereo:central_authentication_service::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apereo:central_authentication_service::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-gfhx-jjwq-63gv	Cross-site Scripting in Apereo CAS

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

Access Vector Network

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 0.08064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://apereo.github.io/2021/10/18/restvuln/
https://github.com/apereo/cas/releases

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apereo Central Authentication Service

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-12-07T21:10:49.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:38:49.276Z

Reserved: 2021-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42567

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-07T22:15:06.907

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:09:50.740

Link: CVE-2021-42567

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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