CVE-2021-40972

MEDIUM NUCLEI

spotweb < 1.5.1 - Cross-Site Scripting via Mail Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2021-40972 has a Nuclei detection template available — see the Nuclei card below for the Shodan/FOFA recon queries.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/installer/step-004.inc.php in spotweb 1.5.1 and below allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the mail parameter.

Nuclei Templates (1)

Spotweb <= 1.5.1 - Cross Site Scripting
MEDIUMVERIFIEDby theamanrawat
Shodan: title:"SpotWeb - overview" || http.title:"spotweb - overview"
FOFA: title="spotweb - overview"

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/issues/711

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1
EPSS 0.0222
EPSS Percentile 80.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
spotweb_project/spotweb < 1.5.1
Published Oct 01, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026