Medium severity · published Jul 6, 2022
CVE-2021-45721
JFrog Artifactory prior to version 7.29.8 and 6.23.38 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through one of the XHR parameters in Users REST API endpoint
6.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
JFrog Artifactory prior to version 7.29.8 and 6.23.38 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through one of the XHR parameters in Users REST API endpoint. This issue affects: JFrog JFrog Artifactory JFrog Artifactory versions before 7.36.1 versions prior to 7.29.8; JFrog Artifactory versions before 6.23.41 versions prior to 6.23.38.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 47% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AR
Artifactory · Jfrog
6.0.0 before 6.23.38; 7.0.0 before 7.29.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45721
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45721
Patch
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/CVE-2021-45721%3A+Cross-Site+Script+%28XSS%29+on+User+REST+API
Vendor Advisory
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/JFrog+Security+Advisories
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