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CVE-2021-41249

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41249 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting all versions of graphql-playground-react prior to 1.7.28. It allows for code injection on operation autocomplete if a user loads a malicious GraphQL schema, potentially through a crafted URL. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) requires user interaction (UI:R) and a high attack complexity (AC:H), but can lead to credential exfiltration or other malicious activities. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:graphql:playground:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: graphql-playground-reactFixed in: 1.7.28

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-59r9-6jp6-jcm7high

XSS vulnerability in GraphQL Playground from untrusted schemas

Nov 8, 2021

References

github.com / graphql/graphiql/security/advisories/GHSA-x4r7-m2q9-69c8
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory
github.com / graphql/graphql-playground/commit/b8a956006835992f12c46b90384a79ab82bcadad
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / graphql/graphql-playground/security/advisories/GHSA-59r9-6jp6-jcm7
Third Party Advisory