CVE-2021-3785 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

yourls is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Published: 2021-09-15

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

yourls

yourls/yourls

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.8.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yourls:yourls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2092	yourls is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Github GHSA	GHSA-m9fq-c9hp-59g7	Cross-site Scripting in yourls

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00721.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/yourls/yourls/commit/1d8e224ebabb8a4c75b97f026950ed710faab0ff
https://huntr.dev/bounties/b4085d13-54fa-4419-a2ce-1d780cc31638

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Yourls Yourls

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2021-09-15T12:05:13.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:09:09.030Z

Reserved: 2021-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3785

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-15T12:15:16.283

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:05:45.533

Link: CVE-2021-3785

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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