# CVE-2021-21313: XSS on tabs

- Severity: CVSS 4.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.5.4
- Published: 2021-03-03 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- glpi-project glpi: fixed in 9.5.4

## Description

GLPI is open source software which stands for Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique and it is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package. In GLPI before verison 9.5.4, there is a vulnerability in the /ajax/common.tabs.php endpoint, indeed, at least two parameters _target and id are not properly sanitized. Here are two payloads (due to two different exploitations depending on which parameter you act) to exploit the vulnerability:/ajax/common.tabs.php?_target=javascript:alert(document.cookie)&_itemtype=DisplayPreference&_glpi_tab=DisplayPreference$2&id=258&displaytype=Ticket (Payload triggered if you click on the button). /ajax/common.tabs.php?_target=/front/ticket.form.php&_itemtype=Ticket&_glpi_tab=Ticket$1&id=(){};(function%20(){alert(document.cookie);})();function%20a&#.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on glpi-project glpi, upgrade to a fixed version (9.5.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/security/advisories/GHSA-h4hj-mrpg-xfgx
- https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag/9.5.4

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