CVE-2021-41372
HIGHPower BI Report Server - Stored Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery via Malicious PBIX Template Upload
Title source: llmDescription
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists when Power BI Report Server Template file (pbix) containing HTML files is uploaded to the server and HTML files are accessed directly by the victim. Combining these 2 vulnerabilities together, an attacker is able to upload malicious Power BI templates files to the server using the victim's session and run scripts in the security context of the user and perform privilege escalation in case the victim has admin privileges when the victim access one of the HTML files present in the malicious Power BI template uploaded. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that Power BI Report Server properly sanitize file uploads.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-41372
Scores
CVSS v3
7.6
EPSS
0.0062
EPSS Percentile
45.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-352
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/power_bi_report_server
15.0.1107.165
Published
Nov 10, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026