6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-21333
Matrix-Synapse HTML Injection Vulnerability
Description

Synapse is a Matrix reference homeserver written in python (pypi package matrix-synapse). Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. In Synapse before version 1.27.0, the notification emails sent for notifications for missed messages or for an expiring account are subject to HTML injection. In the case of the notification for missed messages, this could allow an attacker to insert forged content into the email. The account expiry feature is not enabled by default and the HTML injection is not controllable by an attacker. This is fixed in version 1.27.0.

INFO

Published Date :

March 26, 2021, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:48 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-21333 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Matrix synapse

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-21333 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-21333 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/e54746bdf7d5c831eabe4dcea76a7626f1de73df
    Added Reference https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/9200
    Added Reference https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.27.0
    Added Reference https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-c5f8-35qr-q4fm
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-74
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/TNNAJOZNMVMXM6AS7RFFKB4QLUJ4IFEY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 31, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/e54746bdf7d5c831eabe4dcea76a7626f1de73df No Types Assigned https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/e54746bdf7d5c831eabe4dcea76a7626f1de73df Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/9200 No Types Assigned https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/9200 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.27.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.27.0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-c5f8-35qr-q4fm No Types Assigned https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-c5f8-35qr-q4fm Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:matrix:synapse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.27.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-21333 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-21333 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-6: Argument Injection Argument Injection CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-34: HTTP Response Splitting HTTP Response Splitting CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-51: Poison Web Service Registry Poison Web Service Registry CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-84: XQuery Injection XQuery Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-105: HTTP Request Splitting HTTP Request Splitting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-273: HTTP Response Smuggling HTTP Response Smuggling CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-591: Reflected XSS Reflected XSS CAPEC-592: Stored XSS Stored XSS
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.15 }} 0.04%

score

0.51429

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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