CVE-2021-40970
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 username parameter.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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 username parameter.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.24% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- spotweb project/spotweb
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/spotweb/spotwebThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/issues/711Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spotweb/spotwebThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb/issues/711Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.