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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-25974

In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a “publisher” role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.

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CVE-2021-25974
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31 Oct 2026, 11:41 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-25974

core-osv · Original source

Published 10 Nov 2021, 11:15 UTC

In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a “publisher” role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.

osv:CVE-2021-25974
Complete source record
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  "id": "72cab878eda2582c78c091807d597f7a695996e15f0a95ac7e6b99d09f43f016",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25974",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-25974",
    "summary": "In Publify, versions v8.0 to v9.2.4 are vulnerable to stored XSS. A user with a “publisher” role is able to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript code while creating a page/article.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-25974",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-25974",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-publify-2021-25974",
        "CVE-2021-25974",
        "GHSA-wmh9-x28j-c6gr"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "5d3f4d12d7ee796b570620bc8f9e31cbb01d6402"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "fefd5f76302adcc425b2b6e7e7d23587cfc0083e"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:publify_project:publify:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "8.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "9.2.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "fefd5f76302adcc425b2b6e7e7d23587cfc0083e"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v9.2.4",
            "v9.2.3",
            "v9.2.2",
            "v9.2.1",
            "v9.2.0",
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            "v9.0.1",
            "v9.0.0",
            "v8.3.1",
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            "v8.1.1",
            "v8.1.0",
            "v8.0.2",
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            "v8.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:33.853242561Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25974",
        "https://github.com/publify/publify/commit/fefd5f76302adcc425b2b6e7e7d23587cfc0083e"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-25974",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385588,
  "published_at": "2021-11-10T11:15:07.573+00:00"
}