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CVE-2021-25978

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25978 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Apostrophe CMS versions 2.63.0 through 3.3.1. An authenticated editor can upload a malicious SVG file containing JavaScript to the Images module, which executes when the image is viewed. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low privileges required, but user interaction is needed for exploitation, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.63.0, <= 3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apostrophecms:apostrophecms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 15,239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: apostropheFixed in: 3.4.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-4r9c-jghc-cx5mmedium

Cross-site Scripting in apostrophe

Nov 10, 2021

References

github.com / apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/c8b94ee9c79468f1ce28e31966cb0e0839165e59
PatchThird Party Advisory