CVE-2021-43785 (GCVE-0-2021-43785)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-26 18:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:03
VLAI
Title
Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability in @joeattardi/emoji-button
Summary
@joeattardi/emoji-button is a Vanilla JavaScript emoji picker component. In affected versions there are two vectors for XSS attacks: a URL for a custom emoji, and an i18n string. In both of these cases, a value can be crafted such that it can insert a `script` tag into the page and execute malicious code.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7642 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
joeattardi emoji-button Affected: < 4.6.2
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