CVE-2021-43265 (GCVE-0-2021-43265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-02 21:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:55
VLAI?
Summary
In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, certain tag syntax could be used for XSS, such as via a SCRIPT element.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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