6.1
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-22872
Revive Adserver Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

Revive Adserver before 5.1.0 is vulnerable to a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the publicly accessible afr.php delivery script. While this issue was previously addressed in modern browsers as CVE-2020-8115, some older browsers (e.g., IE10) that do not automatically URL encode parameters were still vulnerable.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 26, 2021, 6:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 2, 2021, 7:59 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-22872 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 Revive-adserver revive_adserver
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-22872.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161070/Revive-Adserver-5.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-Open-Redirect.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/60 Broken Link Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/00fdb8d0e Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/1dbcf7d50 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/986365 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2021-001/ Vendor Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-22872 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-22872 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161070/Revive-Adserver-5.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-Open-Redirect.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/161070/Revive-Adserver-5.0.5-Cross-Site-Scripting-Open-Redirect.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/60 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jan/60 Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/00fdb8d0e No Types Assigned https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/00fdb8d0e Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/1dbcf7d50 No Types Assigned https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/commit/1dbcf7d50 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/986365 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/986365 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2021-001/ No Types Assigned https://www.revive-adserver.com/security/revive-sa-2021-001/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.1.0
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

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.70 }} 0.07%

score

0.80610

percentile

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