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CVE-2021-41188: Authenticated Stored XSS in Administration

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Shopware is open source e-commerce software. Versions prior to 5.7.6 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is patched in version 5.7.6. Two workarounds are available. Using the security plugin or adding a particular following config to the `.htaccess` file will protect against cross-site scripting in this case. There is also a config for those using nginx as a server. The plugin and the configs can be found on the GitHub Security Advisory page for this vulnerability.

Affected products

• shopware: before 5.7.6 — fixed in 5.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: shopware 5.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-5-en/sicherheitsupdates/security-update-10-2021
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/commit/37213e91d525c95df262712cba80d1497e395a58
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/releases/tag/v5.7.6
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/security/advisories/GHSA-4p3x-8qw9-24w9
• https://store.shopware.com/en/swag575294366635f/shopware-security-plugin.html
• https://docs.shopware.com/en/shopware-5-en/sicherheitsupdates/security-update-10-2021
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/commit/37213e91d525c95df262712cba80d1497e395a58
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/releases/tag/v5.7.6
• https://github.com/shopware/shopware/security/advisories/GHSA-4p3x-8qw9-24w9
• https://store.shopware.com/en/swag575294366635f/shopware-security-plugin.html

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