Self-XSS

published 2021-04-22 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-16078

cvss: 6.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits: 0; none known

Wrongthink is an encrypted peer-to-peer chat program. A user could check their fingerprint into the service and enter a script to run arbitrary JavaScript on the site. No workarounds exist, but a patch exists in version 2.4.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

wrongthink_project wrongthink 2.4.1

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/birb-digital/wrongthink/security/advisories/GHSA-529v-f2gf-62w9 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

birb-digital wrongthink

Classification

Weakness

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /birb-digital/wrongthink/security/advisories/GHSA-529v-f2gf-62w9
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-29467
NVD CVE-2021-29467

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Summary