CVE-2021-42575

Description

The OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer before 20211018.1 does not properly enforce policies associated with the `SELECT`, `STYLE`, and `OPTION` elements.

How to fix CVE-2021-42575

To remediate CVE-2021-42575, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Maven/com.googlecode.owasp-java-html-sanitizer:owasp-java-html-sanitizer—upgrade to 20211018.1 or later

Is CVE-2021-42575 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 20211018.1

CVSS scores

References (4)

• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42575
• WEBdocs.google.com/document/d/11SoX296sMS0XoQiQbpxc5pNxSdbJKDJkm5BDv0zrX50
• WEBwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• WEBwww.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html