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CVE-2021-40926

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-40926 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in the demos/demo.mysqli.php component of getID3 versions 1.x and 2.0.0-beta. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through the "showtagfiles" parameter. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, exploitation requires 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 surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.9.0, < 2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:2.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0101 is in the 71st 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)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: james-heinrich/getid3Fixed in: 1.9.21

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjwmedium

Cross-site scripting in demos/demo.mysqli.php in getID3

Oct 4, 2021

References

github.com / JamesHeinrich/getID3
Third Party Advisory
github.com / JamesHeinrich/getID3/issues/341
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory