Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-44217
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the codechecker package (PyPI). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 23.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
In Ericsson CodeChecker through 6.18.0, a Stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the comments component of the reports viewer allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the POST JSON data of the /CodeCheckerService API.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | codechecker | 6.18.2 | GHSA-fxmx-pfm2-85m2 |
| PyPI | codechecker | 6.18.2 | PYSEC-2026-625 |
| PyPI | codechecker-api | no fix listed | PYSEC-2022-43181 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://codechecker-demo.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9525971/142965091-e118b012-a7fc-4c2f-ad0c-80aeed6f7ec9.png x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Hyperkopite/CVE-2021-44217/blob/main/README.md x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/Ericsson/codechecker/pull/3549 x_refsource_MISC
