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CVE-2021-41765

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 67.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A SQL injection issue in pages/edit_fields/9_ajax/add_keyword.php of ResourceSpace 9.5 and 9.6 < rev 18274 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the k parameter. This allows attackers to uncover the full contents of the ResourceSpace database, including user session cookies. An attacker who gets an admin user session cookie can use the session cookie to execute arbitrary code on the server.

Affected products

• Montala ResourceSpace: 9.5, 9.6

References

• http://svn.resourcespace.com/svn/rs/releases/9.6/pages/edit_fields/9_ajax/add_keyword.php
• https://www.horizon3.ai/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-resourcespace/
• http://svn.resourcespace.com/svn/rs/releases/9.6/pages/edit_fields/9_ajax/add_keyword.php
• https://www.horizon3.ai/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-resourcespace/

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