What is CVE-2021-45229?

CVE-2021-45229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-45229?

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

Is CVE-2021-45229 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Apache Airflow

CVE-2021-45229

It was discovered that the "Trigger DAG with config" screen was susceptible to XSS attacks via the `origin` query argument. This issue affects Apache Airflow versions 2.2.3 and below.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.026 (83.8th 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

Apache Airflow
Apache Software Foundation Airflow — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@apache.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45229?: CVE-2021-45229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Airflow, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-45229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-45229 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.