What is CVE-2021-43561?

CVE-2021-43561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pega-Sus Google For Jobs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2021-43561?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Pega-Sus Google For Jobs

CVE-2021-43561

An XSS issue was discovered in the google_for_jobs (aka Google for Jobs) extension before 1.5.1 and 2.x before 2.1.1 for TYPO3. The extension fails to properly encode user input for output in HTML context. A TYPO3 backend user account is required to exploit the vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Pega-sus Google_for_jobs
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43561?: CVE-2021-43561 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pega-Sus Google For Jobs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2021-43561?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.