CVE-2021-44461 Cross-site scripting in Odoo Enterprise

What is CVE-2021-44461?

CVE-2021-44461 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Odoo Odoo, published on 25 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Accounting app of Odoo Enterprise 13.0 through 15.0, allows remote attackers who are able to control the contents of accounting journal entries to inject arbitrary web script in the browser of a victim.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44461?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including odoo. It affects 1 product.

Products include Odoo Odoo.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44461?

Upgrade odoo to 15.0.1 or later.

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-2021-44461 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44461 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Odoo Odoo

• CVE-2020-29396 Code injection in Odoo Community Critical 9.9
• CVE-2018-14885 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-10804 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-14860 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.1
• CVE-2017-10805 Auth bypass in n/a High 8.8

All Odoo Odoo vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BIT-odoo-2021-44461, GHSA-hjwx-mjwp-j356.