Vulnerability · Published Mar 29, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-44082
High 8.3
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.0% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.0%top 12.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
textpattern 4.8.7 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via /textpattern/index.php,Body. A remote and unauthenticated attacker can use XSS to trigger remote code execution by uploading a webshell. To do so they must first steal the CSRF token before submitting a file upload request.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.pentest.co.uk x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cornerpirate.com x_refsource_MISC
- https://pentest.co.uk/labs/leveraging-xss-to-get-rce-in-textpattern/ x_refsource_MISC