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CVE-2021-3831

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3831 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting gnuboard5, where improper neutralization of input during web page generation allows attackers to inject malicious scripts. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or KEV listing, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.4.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnuboard:gnuboard5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-3831 · Aug 24, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 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

References

github.com / gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/2e81619ea87bc9c0b4a073d8df3c7693a6fdbf0d
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/25775287-88cd-4f00-b978-692d627dff04
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory