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CVE-2021-42085

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

5.4 Medium

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

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

0.52%Up 0.1 points since Oct 8, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.4

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

Record
CVE-2021-42085
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
3.5 LowAV: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 Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

Record
CVE-2021-42085
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29071 No score

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

Record
EUVD-2021-29071
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7rhc-f2v9-mc93 No score

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

Record
GHSA-7rhc-f2v9-mc93
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.4

An issue was discovered in Zammad before 4.1.1. There is stored XSS via a custom Avatar.

Record
CVE-2021-42085
CVSS 3.1
5.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-42085 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Zammad, published October 7, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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