Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting glpi package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLPI-1124870
  • published1 Jun 2025
  • disclosed3 Mar 2021

Introduced: 3 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-21313  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 glpi.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glpi package and not the glpi package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

GLPI is open source software which stands for Gestionnaire Libre de Parc Informatique and it is a Free Asset and IT Management Software package. In GLPI before verison 9.5.4, there is a vulnerability in the /ajax/common.tabs.php endpoint, indeed, at least two parameters _target and id are not properly sanitized. Here are two payloads (due to two different exploitations depending on which parameter you act) to exploit the vulnerability:/ajax/common.tabs.php?_target=javascript:alert(document.cookie)&_itemtype=DisplayPreference&_glpi_tab=DisplayPreference$2&id=258&displaytype=Ticket (Payload triggered if you click on the button). /ajax/common.tabs.php?_target=/front/ticket.form.php&_itemtype=Ticket&_glpi_tab=Ticket$1&id=(){};(function%20(){alert(document.cookie);})();function%20a&#.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1