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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-42558

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. It contains multiple reflected, stored, and self XSS vulnerabilities that may be exploited by authenticated and unauthenticated attackers.

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CVE-2021-42558
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31 Oct 2026, 11:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-42558

core-osv · Original source

Published 12 Jan 2022, 20:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in CALDERA 2.8.1. It contains multiple reflected, stored, and self XSS vulnerabilities that may be exploited by authenticated and unauthenticated attackers.

osv:CVE-2021-42558
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42558",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-42558",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "29b1f26239ca1819c110cdab96de22938ce01450"
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.8.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:00.622670088Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/mitre/caldera/releases",
        "https://github.com/DrunkenShells/Disclosures/tree/master/CVE-2021-42558-Multiple%20XSS-MITRE%20Caldera"
      ],
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386668,
  "published_at": "2022-01-12T20:15:08.34+00:00"
}