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MEDIUM

CVE-2021-23445

CVSS v3

6.1

MEDIUM

EPSS Score

2.0 %

exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19

CISA KEV

No

known exploited

Exploitation

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SSVC status

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Affected and fixed versions

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • datatables.netnpmall versions · fixed in 1.11.3

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2021-23445 Red Hat Product Security135 products fixed · 9 known affected

    datatables.net: contents of array not escaped by HTML escape entities function

    datatables.net as a component of Red Hat Decision Manager 7 · discovery-server-container as a component of Red Hat Discovery 1 · datatables.net as a component of Red Hat Fuse 7

  • RHSA-2024:3563 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.17 Security update

  • RHSA-2024:3560 Red Hat Product Security66 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.17 Security update

  • RHSA-2024:3561 Red Hat Product Security66 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.17 Security update

  • RHSA-2024:3559 Red Hat Product Security2 products fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.17 Security update

Full record on NVD

Description

This affects the package datatables.net before 1.11.3. If an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function it would not have its contents escaped.

Technical details

Published
2021-09-27

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23445?

This affects the package datatables.net before 1.11.3. If an array is passed to the HTML escape entities function it would not have its contents escaped.

Is CVE-2021-23445 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2021-23445 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 2.0% on 2026-10-19, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-23445?

CVE-2021-23445 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM severity).

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