What is CVE-2021-43698?

CVE-2021-43698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpwhois Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-43698?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Phpwhois Project

CVE-2021-43698

phpWhois (last update Jun 30 2021) is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. In file example.php, the exit function will terminate the script and print the message to the user. The message will contain $_GET['query'] then there is a XSS vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Phpwhois_project Phpwhois
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43698?: CVE-2021-43698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpwhois Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-11-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-43698?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.