CVE-2021-41791
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community...
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
- Record
CVE-2021-41791- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
- Record
CVE-2021-41791- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28799 No score
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
- Record
EUVD-2021-28799- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v5mw-3h54-qc2w No score
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community...
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
- Record
GHSA-v5mw-3h54-qc2w- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:share through 7.0.0.2 and org.alfresco:community-share through 7.0. An evasion of the XSS filter for HTML input validation in the Alfresco Share User Interface leads to stored XSS that could be exploited by an attacker (given that he has privileges on the content collaboration features).
- Record
CVE-2021-41791- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-04
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-41791 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Alfresco Share, published October 21, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.55%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.