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CVE-2021-42575

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-10-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The OWASP Java HTML Sanitizer before 20211018.1 does not properly enforce policies associated with the SELECT, STYLE, and OPTION elements.

Affected products

• Oracle Middleware Common Libraries And Tools: 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
• Oracle Corporation Primavera Unifier: from 17.7 through 17.12; 18.8, 19.12, 20.12, 21.12
• OWASP java-html-sanitizer: before 20211018.2 — fixed in 20211018.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OWASP java-html-sanitizer 20211018.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/11SoX296sMS0XoQiQbpxc5pNxSdbJKDJkm5BDv0zrX50/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
• https://docs.google.com/document/d/11SoX296sMS0XoQiQbpxc5pNxSdbJKDJkm5BDv0zrX50/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html

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