Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-45085

Description

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.

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Affected products

GNOME Foundation/Epiphany2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <40.4
- (no CPE)range: <40.4, <41.1
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GNOME/GNOME Webdescription
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/epiphany&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 41.2-1.1

Patches

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References

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045nvdPatchVendor Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/issues/1612nvdExploitVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00006.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042nvdThird Party Advisory

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