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CVE-2021-45229 (GCVE-0-2021-45229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-25 08:30 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:39
VLAI
Title
Apache Airflow: Reflected XSS via Origin Query Argument in URL
Summary
It was discovered that the "Trigger DAG with config" screen was susceptible to XSS attacks via the `origin` query argument. This issue affects Apache Airflow versions 2.2.3 and below.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Airflow Affected: unspecified , < 2.2.4 (custom)
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Credits
The Apache Airflow PMC would like to thank both Bogdan Kurinnoy of the Samsung R&D Institute Ukraine (SRK) and Ali Al-Habsi of Accellion for independently discovering and reporting this issue.
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