Upstream information

CVE-2021-46872 at MITRE

Description

An issue was discovered in Nim before 1.6.2. The RST module of the Nim language stdlib, as used in NimForum and other products, permits the javascript: URI scheme and thus can lead to XSS in some applications. (Nim versions 1.6.2 and later are fixed; there may be backports of the fix to some earlier versions. NimForum 2.2.0 is fixed.)

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  CNA (CISA-ADP) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.1 6.1
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Changed Changed
Confidentiality Impact Low Low
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1207163 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 13 15:00:09 2023
CVE page last modified: Sat Apr 12 15:44:27 2025