CVE-2021-43265
5.4 MEDIUMIn Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, certain tag syntax could be used for XSS, such as via a SCRIPT element
Published: 2021-11-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-79
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mahara | mahara |
Description
In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, certain tag syntax could be used for XSS, such as via a SCRIPT element.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43265
- [Exploit reference]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1944633
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8953
- [Exploit reference]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1944633
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8953
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