Cross-site scripting in jquery-minicolors - CVE-2021-32850
Published: December 6, 2021 / Updated: August 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU58533
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-32850
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
jquery-minicolors
Fedora
sympa
Fedora
sympa
How to mitigate CVE-2021-32850
Install updates from vendor's website.
jquery-minicolors - update to 2.3.6
sympa - addressed in versions 6.2.72-2.el7, 6.2.72-2.el8, 6.2.72-2.el9, 6.2.72-2.fc37, 6.2.72-2.fc38
sympa - addressed in versions 6.2.72-2.el7, 6.2.72-2.el8, 6.2.72-2.el9, 6.2.72-2.fc37, 6.2.72-2.fc38