CVE-2021-36713

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plug-in 1.9.2 for jQuery allows...

6.1 Medium

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plug-in 1.9.2 for jQuery allows attackers to run arbitrary code via the sBaseName parameter to function _fnCreateCookie. NOTE: 1.9.2 is a version from 2012.

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

0.79%Up 0.7 points since Mar 7, 2023

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2021-36713
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS: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

CVE List 6.1

Record: CVE-2021-36713
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS: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

EUVDEUVD-2021-23307 6.1

Record: EUVD-2021-23307
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8q87-cc79-vwjj 6.1

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DataTables plug-in 1.9.2 for jQuery allows...

Record: GHSA-8q87-cc79-vwjj
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS: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

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2021-36713
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2021-36713 6.1

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2021-36713
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

sprymedia datatables

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.9+dfsg-11.10.10+dfsg-11.10.10+dfsg-21.10.11+dfsg-11.10.11+dfsg-1ubuntu11.10.11+dfsg-2	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.15+dfsg-21.10.16+dfsg-1	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.19+dfsg-11.10.20+dfsg-1	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.10.21+dfsg-21.10.21+dfsg-31.11.4+dfsg-1	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.11.5+dfsg-2	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:25.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1.11.5+dfsg-2	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:26.10	All versions, plus listed versions 1.11.5+dfsg-2build1	None known
`datatables.js` Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 1.11.5+dfsg-21.11.5+dfsg-2build1	None known

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-36713 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Sprymedia Datatables, published March 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.