CVE-2021-25926
Published: 12 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25926 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sickrage Sickrage. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 43.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-0243
Vulnerability details
In SiCKRAGE, versions 9.3.54.dev1 to 10.0.11.dev1 are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly in the `quicksearch` feature. Therefore, an attacker can steal a user's sessionID to masquerade as a victim user, to carry…
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out any actions in the context of the user.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.