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An issue was discovered in Nim before 1.6.2. The RST module of the Nim language stdlib, as used in NimForum and other products, permits the javascript: URI scheme and thus can lead to XSS in some applications. (Nim versions 1.6.2 and later are fixed; there may be backports of the fix to some earlier versions. NimForum 2.2.0 is fixed.)
- Products
- nim
- Affected versions
- 0.11.2+dfsg1-4, 0.12.0-2, 0.17.2-1ubuntu1, 0.17.2-1ubuntu2, 0.20.2-1, 1.0.2-1, 1.0.3~rc-1, 1.0.4-1, 1.0.6-1, 1.6.14-1, 1.6.14-1ubuntu1, 1.6.14-1ubuntu2, 2.2.10-1, 2.2.4-1, 2.2.4-2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-46872
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Nim before 1.6.2. The RST module of the Nim language stdlib, as used in NimForum and other products, permits the javascript: URI scheme and thus can lead to XSS in some applications. (Nim versions 1.6.2 and later are fixed; there may be backports of the fix to some earlier versions. NimForum 2.2.0 is fixed.)
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46872
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Complete source record
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