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TI-2021-14853 Aliases CVE-2021-36713GHSA-8q87-cc79-vwjj

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plug-in 1.9.2 for jQuery…

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plug-in 1.9.2 for jQuery allows attackers to run arbitrary code via the sBaseName parameter to function _fnCreateCookie. NOTE: 1.9.2 is a version from 2012.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00792 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sprymedia:datatables:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:jquery:*:*1.9.2VulnerableSprymedia
  • cpe:2.3:a:sprymedia:datatables:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:jquery:*:* Versions 1.9.2 Vulnerable ·Sprymedia

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-36713
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8q87-cc79-vwjj

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2025-10101 DataTables examples.php path traversal CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2015-05520 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plugin 1.10.8 and earlier for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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