CVE-2021-41132 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting OMERO.web versions prior to 5.11.0, including the omero-figure and omero-web components. The flaw stems from improper input sanitization in various templates, allowing specially crafted input to execute malicious scripts via jQuery.html(). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openmicroscopy:omero-figure:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openmicroscopy:omero-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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.