Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2021
CVE-2021-3539
EspoCRM 6.1.6 and prior suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in processing user-supplied avatar images
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
EspoCRM 6.1.6 and prior suffers from a persistent (type II) cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in processing user-supplied avatar images. This issue was fixed in version 6.1.7 of the product.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
Espocrm · Espocrm
through 6.1.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3539
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3539
Third Party Advisory
https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed/
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