Medium
Security advisory
The admin panel in BlackCat CMS 1.3.6 allows stored XSS (by an admin) via the Display Name field to backend/preferences/ajax_save.php.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-27237
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The admin panel in BlackCat CMS 1.3.6 allows stored XSS (by an admin) via the Display Name field to backend/preferences/ajax_save.php.
osv:CVE-2021-27237
Complete source record
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"method": "structured",
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"severity": "medium",
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:35.066916205Z",
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"references": [
"https://github.com/BlackCatDevelopment/BlackCatCMS/commits/release-1.4/upload/backend/preferences/ajax_save.php",
"https://github.com/BlackCatDevelopment/BlackCatCMS/compare/1.3.6...1.4Beta",
"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49565"
],
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2021-02-16T19:15:13.01+00:00"
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