CVE-2013-4891
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 1.4%
The xss_clean function in CodeIgniter before 2.1.4 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via an unclosed HTML tag.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - EPSS
- 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 73rd percentile
- Published
- 2018-02-21
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- bcit-ci/CodeIgniter/issues/4020
- https://nealpoole.com/blog/2013/07/codeigniter-21-xss-clean-filter-bypass
- https://www.codeigniter.com/userguide2/changelog.html