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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-43698

phpWhois (last update Jun 30 2021) is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.61%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.61% probability · 47th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-79
Affected
phpwhois project/phpwhois
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.