Jitsi
CVE-2021-26812
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the Jitsi Meet 2.7 through 2.8.3 plugin for Moodle via the "sessionpriv.php" module. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the Jitsi Meet 2.7 through 2.8.3 plugin for Moodle via the "sessionpriv.php" module. This allows attackers to craft a malicious URL, which when clicked on by users, can inject javascript code to be run by the application. Affected products include: Jitsi Meet. Version information: through 2.8.3.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in the Jitsi Meet 2.7 through 2.8.3 plugin for Moodle via the "sessionpriv.php" module. This allows attackers to craft a malicious URL, which when clicked on by users, can inject javascript code to be run by the application.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
jitsi-meet-electron (aka Jitsi Meet Electron) before 2.3.0 calls the Electron shell.openExternal function without verify
An incorrect implementation of "XEP-0280: Message Carbons" in multiple XMPP clients allows a remote attacker to imperson
The Jitsi Meet (aka docker-jitsi-meet) stack on Docker before stable-4384-1 uses default passwords (such as passw0rd) fo
The @jitsi/electron-sdk package before 10.0.5 bridges the getDesktopSources() API into the meeting page and lets any scr
Jitsi-2.10.5550 was discovered to contain a vulnerability in its web UI which allows attackers to perform a clickjacking
Exploit-DB