CVE-2021-4072 (GCVE-0-2021-4072)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-24 13:25
Modified
2024-08-03 17:16
Severity ?
9.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
elgg is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
elgg elgg/elgg Version: unspecified   < 3.3.24
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