VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-45085
XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.
- 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
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- gnome/epiphany · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.