CVE-2021-42564
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0...
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers (with permission to provide confidential messages via Cryptshare) to redirect targeted victims to any URL via the '<meta http-equiv="refresh"' substring in the editor 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
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers (with permission to provide confidential messages via Cryptshare) to redirect targeted victims to any URL via the '<meta http-equiv="refresh"' substring in the editor parameter.
- Record
CVE-2021-42564- 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
- 4.9 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-601
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers (with permission to provide confidential messages via Cryptshare) to redirect targeted victims to any URL via the '<meta http-equiv="refresh"' substring in the editor parameter.
- Record
CVE-2021-42564- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29532 No score
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers (with permission to provide confidential messages via Cryptshare) to redirect targeted victims to any URL via the '<meta http-equiv="refresh"' substring in the editor parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2021-29532- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pq7g-984r-4j7x No score
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0...
An open redirect through HTML injection in confidential messages in Cryptshare before 5.1.0 allows remote attackers (with permission to provide confidential messages via Cryptshare) to redirect targeted victims to any URL via the '<meta http-equiv="refresh"' substring in the editor parameter.
- Record
GHSA-pq7g-984r-4j7x- Weakness
- CWE-601
- 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-2021-42564 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Cryptshare Server, published November 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.