CVE-2021-46888
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CVE-2021-46888 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.4/10 on the CVSS scale. An issue was discovered in hledger before 1.23. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in toBloodhoundJson that allows an attacker to execute JavaScript by encoding user-controlled values in a payload with base64 and parsing them with the atob function.. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
An issue was discovered in hledger before 1.23. A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in toBloodhoundJson that allows an attacker to execute JavaScript by encoding user-controlled values in a payload with base64 and parsing them with the atob function.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Hledger | Hledger | < 1.23 |
References
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1525Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/1663Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnRO-VkfIicExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1525Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/pull/1663Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnRO-VkfIicExploit, Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
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- Status
- Modified
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