CVE-2021-45085

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612Exploit, Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 16, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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