CVE-2021-21043
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.033 · 89 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
ACS Commons version 4.9.2 (and earlier) suffers from a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in version-compare and page-compare due to invalid JCR characters that are not handled correctly. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript content into vulnerable form fields and execute it within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in order to be successful.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.3–8.8
weaknesses
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affected products (5)
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- adobe adobe consulting services commons≤ 4.9.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_consulting_services_commons:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- GHSA-7r83-w6r8-fh6wReflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in ACS Commons2021-05-13ghsa · osvUS
ACS Commons version 4.9.2 (and earlier) suffers from a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in version-compare and page-compare due to invalid JCR characters that are not handled correctly. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript content into vulnerable form fields and execute it within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in order to be successful.
- GHSA-f92j-qf46-p6vmReflected Cross-site Scripting in ACS Commons2021-02-02ghsa · osvUS
### Impact ACS Commons version 4.9.2 (and earlier) suffers from a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in version-compare and page-compare due to invalid JCR characters that are not handled correctly. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript content into vulnerable form fields and execute it within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in order to be successful. ### Patches This issue has been resolved in v4.10.0 ### Workarounds No workaround exist. ### References N/A ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory open an issue in acs-aem-commons. ### Credit This issue was discovered and reported by Christopher Whipp (Christopher.Whipp@servicesaustralia.gov.au).
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/Adobe-Consulting-Services/acs-aem-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-f92j-qf46-p6vmcnnvd
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/indesign/apsb21-22.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21043cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1614cnnvd
- https://github.com/Adobe-Consulting-Services/acs-aem-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-f92j-qf46-p6vmenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Adobe-Consulting-Services/acs-aem-commons/security/advisories/GHSA-f92j-qf46-p6vmThird Party Advisorynvd
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