CVE-2021-47721 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-47721

Orangescrum 1.8.0 Authenticated Privilege Escalation via User Session Manipulation

Vulnerability Description

Orangescrum 1.8.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to take over other project-assigned accounts by manipulating session cookies. Attackers can extract the victim's unique ID from the page source and replace their own session cookie to gain unauthorized access to another user's account.

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:

  • Hubert Wojciechowski

Affected Vendor

Orangescrum

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Affected Software

orangescrum
Vulnerable Versions:
1.8.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 23rd, 2025
Last Modified: March 5th, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)