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medium 5.4

CVE-2021-40888 json

Projectsend version r1295 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to lack of sanitization when echo output data in returnFilesIds() f…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-28043

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Projectsend version r1295 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to lack of sanitization when echo output data in returnFilesIds() function. A low privilege user can call this function through process.php file and execute scripting code.

Patch / fix

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Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/issues/995 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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

Sources

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