Vulnerability · Published Aug 17, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-39248
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 49.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Open edX through Lilac.1 allows XSS in common/static/common/js/discussion/utils.js via crafted LaTeX content within a discussion.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/28379 x_refsource_MISC