CVE-2021-38193

Published: Aug 8, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

6.1

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 2.7

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the ammonia crate before 3.1.0 for Rust. XSS can occur because the parsing differences for HTML, SVG, and MathML are mishandled, a similar issue to CVE-2020-26870.

Affected (1)

Products: Ammonia Project: Ammonia

Ammonia Project

1 product

Ammonia

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Ammonia Project Ammonia	Before 3.1.0

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (4)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/ammonia/RUSTSEC-2021-0074.md

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0074.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rustsec/advisory-db/main/crates/ammonia/RUSTSEC-2021-0074.md

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0074.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

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