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CVE-2021-37504 (GCVE-0-2021-37504)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-25 18:15 – Updated: 2026-07-09 00:14
VLAI
Summary
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the fileNameStr parameter of jQuery-Upload-File v4.0.11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted file with a Javascript payload in the file name.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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