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TI-2021-17829 Aliases CVE-2021-40926GHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in demos/demo.mysqli.php in getID3 1.X and…

Priority LOW 29CWE-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
Fixed

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

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in demos/demo.mysqli.php in getID3 1.X and v2.0.0-beta allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the showtagfiles parameter.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01008 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed james-heinrich/getid3 (Packagist): 1.9.21

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—james-heinrich/getid3 (Packagist)1.0.0 to before 1.9.211.9.21Patch availableGHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • james-heinrich/getid3 (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 1.0.0 to before 1.9.21 Fixed in 1.9.21 Patch available GHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.0 to before 2.0.0VulnerableGetid3
cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:2.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*2.0.0 betaVulnerableGetid3
  • cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.0 to before 2.0.0 Vulnerable ·Getid3
  • cpe:2.3:a:getid3:getid3:2.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.0.0 beta Vulnerable ·Getid3

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw james-heinrich/getid3 (Packagist) Fixed in 1.9.21 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40926
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x2gw-85w6-fjjw

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2014-01614 getID3() before 1.9.8, as used in ownCloud Server before 5.0.15 and 6.0.x before 6.0.2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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