CVE-2021-43446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ONLYOFFICE all versions as of 2021-11-08 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The "macros" feature of the document editor allows malicious cross site scripting payloads to be used.

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 0.04381.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Onlyoffice	Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:onlyoffice:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/server
https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/exploiting-onlyoffice-web-sockets-for-unauthenticated-remote-code-execution/
https://onlyoffice.com/

History

Wed, 02 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: mitre

Published: 2023-01-23T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T16:03:09.098Z

Reserved: 2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43446

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:29.275Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-23T15:15:13.340

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:18.990

Link: CVE-2021-43446

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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