CVE-2021-42575 (GCVE-0-2021-42575)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-18 14:38 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer before 20211018.1 does not properly enforce policies associated with the SELECT, STYLE, and OPTION elements.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://docs.google.com/document/d/11SoX296sMS0Xo… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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