CVE-2021-21029 Magento Commerce Reflected Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability Could Lead To Arbitrary JavaScript Execution

What is CVE-2021-21029?

CVE-2021-21029 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 11 Feb 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Magento versions 2.4.1 (and earlier), 2.4.0-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6 (and earlier) are affected by a Reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability via 'file' parameter. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser. Access to the admin console is required for successful exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-21029?

5 open source packages ship an affected version, including magento/community-edition and magento. It affects 1 product.

Products include Magento Magento.

How do I fix CVE-2021-21029?

Upgrade magento/community-edition to a fixed version for your release line: 2.3.6-p1 or 2.4.2.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-21029 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-21029 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BIT-magento-2021-21029, GHSA-jwxh-wj79-ccm6.