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SimpleriskApplication

CVE-2021-4269

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-12-21
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 20220306-001 or later.
See remediation →
68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability has been found in SimpleRisk and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function checkAndSetValidation of the file simplerisk/js/common.js. The manipulation of the argument title leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 20220306-001 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 591405b4ed160fbefc1dca1e55c5745079a7bb48. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216472.

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NVD · CPE data
SimpleriskApplication
Affected:< 20220306-001

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 20220306-001 or later
Fixed in 20220306-001
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

20220306-001

  1. 1. Back up your current SimpleRisk installation and database before proceeding
  2. 2. Download SimpleRisk version 20220306-001 or later from the official source (https://www.simplerisk.com/)
  3. 3. Extract the new version files to your SimpleRisk installation directory
  4. 4. Run any database migration scripts included in the upgrade (typically found in the database/ or upgrades/ folder)
  5. 5. Verify the upgrade completed successfully by logging into SimpleRisk
  6. 6. Confirm the checkAndSetValidation function in simplerisk/js/common.js has been updated to properly sanitize the title argument
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