elgg is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2021-4072 · GHSA-2xw8-j43j-5vxp · Published 24/12/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-4072 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting elgg/elgg, elgg (elgg).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.72%, higher than 54.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.3.24 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
elgg/elgg Packagist	`< 3.3.24`	`3.3.24`
elgg elgg	`< 3.3.24`	`3.3.24`

elgg is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

NVD description

elgg is vulnerable to Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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