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CVE-2021-23445

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Date: September 27, 2021

This affects the package datatables.net before 1.11.3. If an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function it would not have its contents escaped.

Language: JS

Severity Score

6.1

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00018.html

Url: https://cdn.datatables.net/1.11.3/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23445

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23445

Url: https://github.com/DataTables/Dist-DataTables/commit/59a8d3f8a3c1138ab08704e783bc52bfe88d7c9b

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-23445

Severity Score

6.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE-79

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version datatables.net - 1.11.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	CHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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