Collabtive 3.1 allows XSS when an authenticated user enters an XSS payload into the address section of the profile edit page, aka the manag…

published 2021-01-29 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-26632

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.2%; EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

Collabtive 3.1 allows XSS when an authenticated user enters an XSS payload into the address section of the profile edit page, aka the manageuser.php?action=edit address1 parameter.

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Timeline

2021-01-25 First public exploit (EDB-49468)
2021-01-29 Published

Exploit prediction

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-49468 Collabtive 3.1 - 'address' Persistent Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2021-01-25

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.5	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/49468
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
collabtive.o-dyn.de /forum/viewforum.php?f=6
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-3298
NVD CVE-2021-3298

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