Vulnerability · Published Sep 3, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40492
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 2.3% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)2.3%top 16.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in multiple pages in version 22 of the Gibbon application that allows for arbitrary execution of JavaScript (gibbonCourseClassID, gibbonPersonID, subpage, currentDate, or allStudents to index.php).
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gibbonedu.org/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/5qu1n7/CVE-2021-40492 x_refsource_MISC