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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-43686

nZEDb v0.4.20 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in www/pages/api.php. The exit function will terminate the script and print the message which has the input $_GET['t'].

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31 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-43686

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Dec 2021, 13:15 UTC

nZEDb v0.4.20 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in www/pages/api.php. The exit function will terminate the script and print the message which has the input $_GET['t'].

osv:CVE-2021-43686
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43686",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "nZEDb v0.4.20 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in www/pages/api.php. The exit function will terminate the script and print the message which has the input $_GET['t'].",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-43686",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:02.762640408Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/nZEDb/nZEDb/issues/2659"
      ],
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    },
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386769,
  "published_at": "2021-12-02T13:15:07.667+00:00"
}