UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44120

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2021-44120

    Published: 26 Jan 2022Last Modified: 7 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-44120

    Summary:

    Details: SPIP 4.0.0 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ecrire/public/interfaces.php, adding the function safehtml to the vulnerable fields. An editor is able to modify his personal information. If the editor has an article written and available, when a user goes to the public site and wants to read the author's information, the malicious code will be executed. The "Who are you" and "Website Name" fields are vulnerable.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-44120, https://git.spip.net/spip/spip/commit/d548391d799387d1e93cf1a369d385c72f7d5c81, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5482-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5482-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44120

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: spip

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.0.20-1
    3.0.21-1
    3.0.21-1ubuntu1
    3.0.21-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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