Is CVE-2021-44120 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-44120 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-44120?

CVE-2021-44120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-44120?

CVE-2021-44120 has an EPSS score of 0.63% (46th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44120?

Upgrade spip on debian 11 to 3.2.11-3+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-44120

MEDIUM

5.4

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

SPIP 4.0.0 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ecrire/public/interfaces.php, adding the function safehtml to the vulnerable fields. An editor is able to modify his personal information. If the editor has an article written and available, when a user goes to the public site and wants to read the author's information, the malicious code will be executed. The "Who are you" and "Website Name" fields are vulnerable.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

spipDebian

Fixed in:3.2.11-3+deb11u1CVE-2021-44120

Fixed in:3.2.12-1CVE-2021-44120

spipUbuntu

Fixed in:3.1.4-4~deb9u5build0.18.04.1USN-5482-1

Fixed in:3.2.7-1ubuntu0.1USN-5482-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days

46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

git.spip.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-11022	Medium	6.9	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.