Cross-site Scripting in github.com/schollz/rwtxt

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2021-20848 · GHSA-458f-26r3-x2c3 · GO-2022-0231 · Published 24/11/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-20848 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting github.com/schollz/rwtxt, rwtxt (rwtxt project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.91%, higher than 60.1% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.8.6 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/schollz/rwtxt Go	`< 1.8.6`	`1.8.6`
rwtxt rwtxt_project	`< 1.8.6`	`1.8.6`

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in rwtxt versions prior to v1.8.6 allows a remote attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors.

NVD description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in rwtxt versions prior to v1.8.6 allows a remote attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors.

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