THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-29460
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-29460

Kirby vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Kirby is an open source CMS. An editor with write access to the Kirby Panel can upload an SVG file that contains harmful content like `<script>` tags. The direct link to that file can be sent to other users or visitors of the site. If the victim opens that link in a browser where they are logged in to Kirby, the script will run and can for example trigger requests to Kirby's API with the permissions of the victim. This vulnerability is critical if you might have potential attackers in your group of authenticated Panel users, as they can escalate their privileges if they get access to the Panel session of an admin user. Depending on your site, other JavaScript-powered attacks are possible. Visitors without Panel access can only use this attack vector if your site allows SVG file uploads in frontend forms and you don't already sanitize uploaded SVG files. The problem has been patched in Kirby 3.5.4. Please update to this or a later version to fix the vulnerability. Frontend upload forms need to be patched separately depending on how they store the uploaded file(s). If you use `File::create()`, you are protected by updating to 3.5.4+. As a work around you can disable the upload of SVG files in your file blueprints.
Affected vendor
Getkirby
Affected product
Kirby
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2021-04-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-29460

  • Confirm whether Getkirby Kirby is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-29460.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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