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CVE-2021-3163 (GCVE-0-2021-3163)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-12 20:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 16:45 Disputed
VLAI
Summary
A vulnerability in the HTML editor of Slab Quill 4.8.0 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript by storing an XSS payload (a crafted onloadstart attribute of an IMG element) in a text field. Note: Researchers have claimed that this issue is not within the product itself, but is intended behavior in a web browser
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-19 18:28 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
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