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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-40923

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in install/index.php in bugs 1.8 and below version allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter.

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31 Oct 2026, 11:55 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-40923

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Oct 2021, 16:15 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in install/index.php in bugs 1.8 and below version allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter.

osv:CVE-2021-40923
Complete source record
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