CVE-2021-4124
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2021-12-16
- WeaknessCWE-79
Am I affected?
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Description
janus-gateway is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2021-12-1614:15CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.11 | ≤ 0.11.6 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
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
- janusUbuntu:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- janusUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
- janusDebian:14all versions · no fixed version listed
- janusDebian:12all versions · no fixed version listed
Fix
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- huntr.devPatch
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- PoC-in-GitHubno public repository identifiedread 2026-11-08
- Metasploit modules
- none listed Metasploit Framework
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.16.1read 2026-10-23
- CNACVSS 3.08.1known since 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-79known since 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.0 %2026-11-08
- OSVaffected packages—
- GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—
Identifiers
- EUVD-2021-33998same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-gv3q-27qx-g2xhsame flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Published
- 2021-12-16
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-gv3q-27qx-g2xh
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-gv3q-27qx-g2xh
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- OSV.dev · Per record, as its publisher states it: each row carries the label in sourceLicense when one is served