CVE-2022-21690

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    CVE-2022-21690

    Published: 18 Jan 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Cross-Site Scripting in Onionshare

    Details: OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions The path parameter of the requested URL is not sanitized before being passed to the QT frontend. This path is used in all components for displaying the server access history. This leads to a rendered HTML4 Subset (QT RichText editor) in the Onionshare frontend.

    References: https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/releases/tag/v2.5, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/21xxx/CVE-2022-21690.json, https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/security/advisories/GHSA-ch22-x2v3-v6vq, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21690

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6642c25959f14daeb4a572798ccf4acd765d5795

    Affected versions

    v2.4.dev1

    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
    CVE-2022-21690 | CVE-DB