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CVE-2021-40968

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40968 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Spotweb versions 1.5.1 and below, specifically within the templates/installer/step-004.inc.php file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML through the newpassword2 parameter, requiring user interaction and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is a Nuclei template available for detection, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spotweb_project:spotweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-40968 · Jun 5, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0224 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / spotweb/spotweb
Third Party Advisory
github.com / spotweb/spotweb/issues/711
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory