CVE-2021-45721

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

JFrog Artifactory prior to version 7.29.8 and 6.23.38 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through one of the XHR parameters in Users REST API endpoint. This issue affects: JFrog JFrog Artifactory JFrog Artifactory versions before 7.36.1 versions prior to 7.29.8; JFrog Artifactory versions before 6.23.41 versions prior to 6.23.38.

Affected products

jfrog artifactory: from 6.0.0 before 6.23.38; from 7.0.0 before 7.29.8 — fixed in 6.23.38, 7.29.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jfrog artifactory 6.23.38, 7.29.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/CVE-2021-45721%3A+Cross-Site+Script+%28XSS%29+on+User+REST+API
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/JFrog+Security+Advisories
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/CVE-2021-45721%3A+Cross-Site+Script+%28XSS%29+on+User+REST+API
https://www.jfrog.com/confluence/display/JFROG/JFrog+Security+Advisories

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