What is CVE-2021-44543?

CVE-2021-44543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Privoxy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2021-44543?

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

XSS in Privoxy

CVE-2021-44543

An XSS vulnerability was found in Privoxy which was fixed in cgi_error_no_template() by encode the template name when Privoxy is configured to servce the user-manual itself.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (52.6th 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

Privoxy
N/a Privoxy — versions Privoxy 3.0.33

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44543?: CVE-2021-44543 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Privoxy, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2021-44543?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.