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Vulnerability details: VCID-qzzh-gehj-1bfp
Vulnerability ID VCID-qzzh-gehj-1bfp
Aliases CVE-2021-21422
GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.01294 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-21422
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/f5e0d4931f856f032f22664b5e5901d5950cfd4b
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/f5e0d4931f856f032f22664b5e5901d5950cfd4b
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21422
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21422
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2021-21422
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/f5e0d4931f856f032f22664b5e5901d5950cfd4b
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577
https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21422
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/commit/f5e0d4931f856f032f22664b5e5901d5950cfd4b
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/issues/577
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/mongo-express/mongo-express/security/advisories/GHSA-7p8h-86p5-wv3p
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21422
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.80098
EPSS Score 0.01294
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-12T01:58:34.865672+00:00 EPSS Importer Import https://epss.cyentia.com/epss_scores-current.csv.gz 38.6.0