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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-41132
CVE-2021-41132:
Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A vulnerability was discovered in OMERO.web versions prior to 5.11.0 and OMERO.figure versions prior to 4.4.1 related to inconsistent input sanitization that leads to cross-site scripting (XSS) vectors. The vulnerability was discovered in October 2021 and assigned CVE-2021-41132 (OME Advisory, GitHub Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from templates not performing proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of jQuery.html(), there are multiple XSS possibilities with specially crafted input to various fields. The issue was rated as Low severity (OME Advisory).
Impact
The vulnerability allows potential cross-site scripting attacks through specially crafted input in various fields, though it was assessed as having low severity impact (GitHub Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade OMERO.web to version 5.11.0 or higher and OMERO.figure to version 4.4.1 or higher. No other workarounds are available (GitHub Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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