CVE-2021-4296

Summary

CVECVE-2021-4296
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-29 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in w3c Unicorn. This issue affects the function ValidatorNuMessage of the file src/org/w3c/unicorn/response/impl/ValidatorNuMessage.java. The manipulation of the argument message leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 51f75c31f7fc33859a9a571311c67ae4e95d9c68. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217019.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application W3 Unicorn All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge pull request #212 from w3c/nu-xss · w3c/Unicorn@51f75c3 · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE-2021-4296 | w3c Unicorn ValidatorNuMessage.java ValidatorNuMessage cross site scripting (ID 212) MISC vuldb.com
CVE-2021-4296 | w3c Unicorn ValidatorNuMessage.java ValidatorNuMessage cross site scripting (ID 212) MISC vuldb.com
Escape HTML in messages extracted from Validator NU output by dontcallmedom · Pull Request #212 · w3c/Unicorn · GitHub MISC github.com
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