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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-25924

In GoCD, versions 19.6.0 to 21.1.0 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing CSRF protection at the `/go/api/config/backup` endpoint. An attacker can trick a victim to click on a malicious link which could change backup configurations or execute system commands in the post_backup_script field.

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CVE-2021-25924
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31 Oct 2026, 12:42 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-25924

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Apr 2021, 18:15 UTC

In GoCD, versions 19.6.0 to 21.1.0 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing CSRF protection at the `/go/api/config/backup` endpoint. An attacker can trick a victim to click on a malicious link which could change backup configurations or execute system commands in the post_backup_script field.

osv:CVE-2021-25924
Complete source record
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    "summary": "In GoCD, versions 19.6.0 to 21.1.0 are vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing CSRF protection at the `/go/api/config/backup` endpoint. An attacker can trick a victim to click on a malicious link which could change backup configurations or execute system commands in the post_backup_script field.",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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