TI-2021-17438 Aliases CVE-2021-40369 GHSA-cfqj-9g2g-w7q6

XSS vulnerability on Denounce plugin

LOW 33CWE-79Published 2021-11-24 · Updated 2024-08-04

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: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A carefully crafted plugin link invocation could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, related to the Denounce plugin, which could allow the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the victim. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03419 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven): 2.11.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Apache	Apache JSPWiki	Apache JSPWiki – 2.11.0.M8	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven)	before 2.11.0	2.11.0	Patch available	GHSA-cfqj-9g2g-w7q6

Apache JSPWiki VendorApache Affected Apache JSPWiki – 2.11.0.M8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 2.11.0 Fixed in 2.11.0 Patch available GHSA-cfqj-9g2g-w7q6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:jspwiki::::::::	before 2.11.0	Vulnerable	Apache

cpe:2.3:a:apache:jspwiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.11.0 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-cfqj-9g2g-w7q6 org.apache.jspwiki:jspwiki-main (Maven) Fixed in 2.11.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40369
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cfqj-9g2g-w7q6

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

https://github.com/apache/jspwiki

TI-2022-11364 Apache JSPWiki Cross-site scripting vulnerability on AJAXPreview.jsp CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-10292 XSS vulnerability on XHRHtml2Markup.jsp in JSPWiki 2.11.2 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-11366 Apache JSPWiki Cross-site scripting vulnerability on WeblogPlugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-11365 Apache JSPWiki CSRF in UserPreferences.jsp CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2024-17991 Apache JSPWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability on upload page CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2026-23006 Apache JSPWiki: UserManager does not sanity-check user database at startup CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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