CVE-2021-4406
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CVSS Score
V3.1EPSS Score
v2025.03.14There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
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Description
An authenticated attacker is able to create alerts that trigger a stored XSS attack.
POC
* go to the alert manager
* open the ITSM tab
* add a webhook with the URL/service token value
' -h && id | tee /tmp/ttttttddddssss #' (whitespaces are tab characters)
* click add
* click apply
* create a test alert
* The test alert will run the command
“id | tee /tmp/ttttttddddssss” as root.
* after the test alert inspect
/tmp/ttttttddddssss it'll contain the ids of the root user.
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Advisory Details
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CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: July 10, 2023, Modified: September 24, 2025