CVE-2021-3831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

gnuboard5 is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Published: 2021-12-14

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% 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

gnuboard

gnuboard/gnuboard5

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 5.4.20

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnuboard:gnuboard5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2021-27078	gnuboard5 is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01812.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/2e81619ea87bc9c0b4a073d8df3c7693a6fdbf0d
https://huntr.dev/bounties/25775287-88cd-4f00-b978-692d627dff04

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gnuboard Gnuboard5

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2021-12-14T10:50:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:09:09.511Z

Reserved: 2021-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3831

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-14T11:15:07.417

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:05:51.353

Link: CVE-2021-3831

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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

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