CVE-2021-23673
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used 5.4
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
- Record
CVE-2021-23673- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-2480 5.4
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
- Record
EUVD-2021-2480- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-89q5-mj78-pw5w 6.1
Cross-site Scripting in pekeupload
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
- Record
GHSA-89q5-mj78-pw5w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD 5.4
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
- Record
CVE-2021-23673- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-89q5-mj78-pw5w 6.1
Cross-site Scripting in pekeupload
This affects all versions of package pekeupload. If an attacker induces a user to upload a file whose name contains javascript code, the javascript code will be executed.
- Record
GHSA-89q5-mj78-pw5w- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
pekeuploadnpm | through 2.1.1 | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23673 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Pekeupload Project Pekeupload, published November 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.