{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085","details":"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.","modified":"2026-02-04T02:30:12.410559Z","published":"2021-12-16T03:15:00Z","related":["USN-5561-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-45085"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-45085"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany/-/merge_requests/1045"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5561-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-45085"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"epiphany-browser","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.18.11-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.16.3-1ubuntu1","3.18.0-1ubuntu2","3.18.1-1ubuntu1","3.18.3-0ubuntu1","3.18.5-0ubuntu1","3.18.5-0ubuntu1.1","3.18.10-0ubuntu1","3.18.11-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser","binary_version":"3.18.11-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser-data","binary_version":"3.18.11-0ubuntu1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085.json"}},{"package":{"name":"epiphany-browser","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.28.6-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.26.1-1ubuntu1","3.26.1-1ubuntu2","3.26.1-1ubuntu4","3.26.5.1-1ubuntu1","3.27.90-1ubuntu1","3.28.0.1-1ubuntu1","3.28.1-1ubuntu1","3.28.5-0ubuntu1","3.28.6-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser","binary_version":"3.28.6-0ubuntu1"},{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser-data","binary_version":"3.28.6-0ubuntu1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085.json"}},{"package":{"name":"epiphany-browser","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/epiphany-browser@3.36.4-0ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=focal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.36.4-0ubuntu2"}]}],"versions":["3.34.1-1","3.34.1-1build1","3.36.0-1","3.36.1-1","3.36.2-0ubuntu1","3.36.3-0ubuntu1","3.36.4-0ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser","binary_version":"3.36.4-0ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"epiphany-browser-data","binary_version":"3.36.4-0ubuntu2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2021/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-45085.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}