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CVE-2021-3783

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3783 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the yourls URL shortener, specifically due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:yourls:yourls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.7
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0070 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-cpq8-x35g-m439medium

Cross-site Scripting in yourls

Sep 20, 2021

References

github.com / yourls/yourls/commit/94f6bab91182142c96ff11f481585b445449efd4
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/b688e553-d0d9-4ddf-95a3-ff4b78004984
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory