CVE-2021-41372

HighCVSS 7.6/10Last modified Aug 19, 2026

Description

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists when Power BI Report Server Template file (pbix) containing HTML files is uploaded to the server and HTML files are accessed directly by the victim. Combining these 2 vulnerabilities together, an attacker is able to upload malicious Power BI templates files to the server using the victim's session and run scripts in the security context of the user and perform privilege escalation in case the victim has admin privileges when the victim access one of the HTML files present in the malicious Power BI template uploaded. The security update addresses the vulnerability by helping to ensure that Power BI Report Server properly sanitize file uploads.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.6/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 10, 2021
Last modified
Aug 19, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-41372: High severity, CVSS 7.6 | Vulnix