CVE-2021-41917
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or...
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter.
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
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter.
- Record
CVE-2021-41917- 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
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter.
- Record
CVE-2021-41917- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28915 No score
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28915- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqp5-p8c3-h4gm No score
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or...
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to store arbitrary web script or HTML by creating or editing a client name in the clients section, due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Stored Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The affected endpoint is /clients/editclient.php, on the HTTP POST cn parameter.
- Record
GHSA-xqp5-p8c3-h4gm- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-41917 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Webtareas Project Webtareas, published October 8, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.