CVE-2021-28161

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2021 at 09:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:45 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTheia

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

In Eclipse Theia versions up to and including 1.8.0, in the debug console there is no HTML escaping, so arbitrary Javascript code can be injected.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.8.0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/8794

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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