CVE-2021-27912 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-27912

XSS vulnerability on asset view

Vulnerability Description

Mautic versions before 3.3.4/4.0.0 are vulnerable to an inline JS XSS attack when viewing Mautic assets by utilizing inline JS in the title and adding a broken image URL as a remote asset. This can only be leveraged by an authenticated user with permission to create or edit assets.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Reported by Hoang Nguyen https://github.com/MatisAct, Fixed by Rohit Pavaskar https://github.com/rohitp19

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Mautic
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: August 30th, 2021
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1189 Drive-by Compromise
Initial Access
T1059.007 JavaScript
Execution
T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie
Collection
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service
Exfiltration
T1491.001 Defacement
Impact