CVE-2021-45085

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    CVE-2021-45085

    Published: 16 Dec 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4088856b3371bda10adc3b818f58b3087b8f9dbc

    Affected versions

    41.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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