# CVE-2021-25926: Cross-site scripting in sickrage

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-25926-cross-site-scripting-in-sickrage  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2021-04-12  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2021-25926 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-04-12

In SiCKRAGE, versions 9.3.54.dev1 to 10.0.11.dev1 are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) due to user input not being validated properly in the `quicksearch` feature. Therefore, an attacker can steal a user's sessionID to masquerade as a victim user, to carry out any actions in the context of the user.

Technologies: [sickrage (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/sickrage). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2021-25926 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-25926 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2021-25926?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 12 April 2021.

**Which products and versions are affected?** sickrage (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.3.54,fixed=10.0.11.dev2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9f42426727e16609ad3d1337f6637588b8ed28e4|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.3.55,fixed=10.0.12.dev1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2021-25926?** Yes. sickrage (PyPI): upgrade to 10.0.11.dev2, 10.0.12.dev1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2021-25926?** Check whether you run sickrage (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- sickrage (PyPI): upgrade to 10.0.11.dev2, 10.0.12.dev1 or later

  ```sh
  pip install "sickrage>=10.0.12.dev1"
  ```


## Affected products

- sickrage (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.3.54,fixed=10.0.11.dev2, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=9f42426727e16609ad3d1337f6637588b8ed28e4|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=9.3.55,fixed=10.0.12.dev1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2021-25926
- GHSA-x823-j7c4-vpc5
- PYSEC-2021-148

## Related threats

- [Cross-site scripting in SiCKRAGE](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-25925-cross-site-scripting-in-sickrage)
- [PYSEC-2018-101 - SickRage before v2018.03.09-1 includes cleartext credentials in HTTP responses.](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-9160-sickrage-discloses-plaintext-credentials)