What is CVE-2021-32796?

CVE-2021-32796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xmldom, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2021-32796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

XPath Injection in Xmldom

CVE-2021-32796

xmldom is an open source pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. xmldom versions 0.6.0 and older do not correctly escape special characters when serializing elements removed from their…

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Xmldom — versions < 0.7.0
Xmldom_project Xmldom

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32796?: CVE-2021-32796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xmldom, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2021-32796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.