SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-21333

In Synapse before version 1.27.0, the notification emails sent for notifications for missed messages or for an expiring account are subject to HTML injection.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Synapse is a Matrix reference homeserver written in python (pypi package matrix-synapse). Matrix is an ecosystem for open federated Instant Messaging and VoIP. In Synapse before version 1.27.0, the notification emails sent for notifications for missed messages or for an expiring account are subject to HTML injection. In the case of the notification for missed messages, this could allow an attacker to insert forged content into the email. The account expiry feature is not enabled by default and the HTML injection is not controllable by an attacker. This is fixed in version 1.27.0.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.39% probability · 71th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-74, CWE-79
Affected
matrix/synapse · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
security-advisories@github.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.