CVE-2021-41132
mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
OMERO.web provides a web based client and plugin infrastructure. In versions prior to 5.11.0, a variety of templates do not perform proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of ``jQuery.html()``, there are a whole host of cross-site scripting possibilities with specially crafted input to a variety of fields. This issue is patched in version 5.11.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
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–critical · 4.3–9.8
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affected products (5)
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advisories (3)
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- GHSA-g67g-hvc3-xmvfInconsistent input sanitisation leads to XSS vectors2021-10-14ghsa · osvUS
### Background A variety of templates do not perform proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of ``jQuery.html()``, there are a whole host of XSS possibilities with specially crafted input to a variety of fields. ### Impact OMERO.web before 5.11.0 and OMERO.figure before 4.4.1. ### Patches Users should upgrade OMERO.web to 5.11.0 or higher and OMERO.figure to 4.4.1 or higher.
- PYSEC-2021-3722021-10-14vendor · osvUS
OMERO.web provides a web based client and plugin infrastructure. In versions prior to 5.11.0, a variety of templates do not perform proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of ``jQuery.html()``, there are a whole host of cross-site scripting possibilities with specially crafted input to a variety of fields. This issue is patched in version 5.11.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
- PYSEC-2021-3792021-10-14vendor · osvUS
OMERO.web provides a web based client and plugin infrastructure. In versions prior to 5.11.0, a variety of templates do not perform proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of ``jQuery.html()``, there are a whole host of cross-site scripting possibilities with specially crafted input to a variety of fields. This issue is patched in version 5.11.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
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references (10)
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- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424cnnvd
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-g67g-hvc3-xmvfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41132cnnvd
- https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2021-SV3/cnnvd
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-g67g-hvc3-xmvfenisa_euvd
- https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2021-SV3/enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424PatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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