Vulnerability · Published Oct 1, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40926
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the php-getid3 package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in demos/demo.mysqli.php in getID3 1.X and v2.0.0-beta allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the showtagfiles parameter.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | php-getid3 | 1.9.21+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Debian:13 | php-getid3 | 1.9.21+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Debian:14 | php-getid3 | 1.9.21+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Packagist | james-heinrich/getid3 | 1.9.21 | GHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | php-getid3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | php-getid3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | php-getid3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | php-getid3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40926 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | php-getid3 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-40926 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3/issues/341 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/JamesHeinrich/getID3 x_refsource_MISC