CVE-2021-28162 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Eclipse Theia versions up to and including 0.16.0, where notification messages fail to properly escape HTML, allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction for exploitation, with potential impacts including limited confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:theia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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