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CVE-2021-41172: Self-XSS in AS_Redis

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

AS_Redis is an AntSword plugin for Redis. The Redis Manage plugin for AntSword prior to version 0.5 is vulnerable to Self-XSS due to due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via redis server configuration. Self-XSS in the plugin configuration leads to code execution. This issue is patched in version 0.5.

Affected products

• Medicean AS_Redis: before 0.5 — fixed in 0.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Medicean AS_Redis 0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/AntSword-Store/AS_Redis/issues/1
• https://github.com/Medicean/AS_Redis/security/advisories/GHSA-j8j6-f829-w425
• https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yjuG6DLT_bSRnpggPj21Xw
• https://github.com/AntSword-Store/AS_Redis/issues/1
• https://github.com/Medicean/AS_Redis/security/advisories/GHSA-j8j6-f829-w425
• https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yjuG6DLT_bSRnpggPj21Xw

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