CVE-2021-29467

Self-XSS

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Published Apr 22, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Wrongthink is an encrypted peer-to-peer chat program. A user could check their fingerprint into the service and enter a script to run arbitrary JavaScript on the site. No workarounds exist, but a patch exists in version 2.4.1.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

birb-digital

wrongthink

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 2.4.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wrongthink_project:wrongthink:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-16078	Wrongthink is an encrypted peer-to-peer chat program. A user could check their fingerprint into the service and enter a script to run arbitrary JavaScript on the site. No workarounds exist, but a patch exists in version 2.4.1.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.493% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/birb-digital/wrongthink/security/advisories/GHSA-529v-f2gf-62w9

History

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Subscriptions

Wrongthink Project Wrongthink

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:11 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Apr 22, 2021, 12:05 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 10:11 PM
Reserved: Mar 30, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 22, 2021, 12:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM

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