CVE-2021-41132
Description
OMERO.web provides a web based client and plugin infrastructure. In versions prior to 5.11.0, a variety of templates do not perform proper sanitization through HTML escaping. Due to the lack of sanitization and use of ``jQuery.html()``, there are a whole host of cross-site scripting possibilities with specially crafted input to a variety of fields. This issue is patched in version 5.11.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | omero-web | <5.11.0 | 5.11.0 |
| PyPI | omero-figure | <4.4.1 | 4.4.1 |
| PyPI | omero-web | <0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424||<5.11.0 | 0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424 |
References
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/security/advisories/GHSA-g67g-hvc3-xmvf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41132
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web/commit/0168067accde5e635341b3c714b1d53ae92ba424
- https://github.com/ome/omero-web
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/omero-figure/PYSEC-2021-379.yaml
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/omero-web/PYSEC-2021-372.yaml
- https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2021-SV3
- https://www.openmicroscopy.org/security/advisories/2021-SV3/
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.