gsd-2021-35240
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
A security researcher stored XSS via a Help Server setting. This affects customers using Internet Explorer, because they do not support 'rel=noopener'.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2021-35240


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2021-09-09T14:39Z",
      "publishedDate": "2021-08-31T16:15Z"
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}


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