CVE-2021-3271

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 58.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-01-22 17:08Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-03 16:53Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-01-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4ab4fd1ea5a4d4c59b433965f48cabd3bc73bf711fdac499ceeffdd628405ab5

• github.comhttps://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/pull/2072x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooksx_refsource_MISC
• www.gosecure.nethttps://www.gosecure.net/blog/2021/02/16/cve-2021-3271-pressbooks-stored-cross-site-scripting-proof-of-concept/x_refsource_MISC