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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-42051 · published 14 December 2021

CVE-2021-42051: Abantecart cross-site scripting vulnerability

Abantecart · Abantecart

An issue was discovered in AbanteCart before 1.3.2. Any low-privileged user with file-upload permissions can upload a malicious SVG document that contains an XSS payload.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.78% · top 46.0% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
0.78%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in AbanteCart before 1.3.2. Any low-privileged user with file-upload permissions can upload a malicious SVG document that contains an XSS payload.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/releases Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-abantecart-e-commerce-platform/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/abantecart/abantecart-src/releases Release NotesThird Party Advisory
https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-abantecart-e-commerce-platform/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-42051), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.