CVE-2021-25959: OpenCRX - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in Password Reset Functionality

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2021-09-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In OpenCRX, versions v4.0.0 through v5.1.0 are vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS), due to unsanitized parameters in the password reset functionality. This allows execution of external javascript files on any user of the openCRX instance.

Affected products

org.opencrx opencrx-core-config: from 4.0.0 through 5.1.0

References

https://github.com/opencrx/opencrx/commit/14e75f95e5f56fbe7ee897bdf5d858788072e818
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25959
https://github.com/opencrx/opencrx/commit/14e75f95e5f56fbe7ee897bdf5d858788072e818
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25959

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