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medium 5.4

CVE-2021-23411 json

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-w4wq-rvmq-77x7 , EUVD-2021-1495

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via the main functionality. It accepts input that can result in the output (an anchor a tag) containing undesirable Javascript code that can be executed upon user interaction.

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-ANCHORME-1311008 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • snyk.io https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-1320695 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm anchorme
<=2.1.2
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • n/a anchorme

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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