Medium

Cross-site Scripting in PrimeFaces

  • Disclosed: 07.05.2021
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:19

An XSS issue was discovered in tooltip/tooltip.js in PrimeTek PrimeFaces 7.0.11. In a web application using PrimeFaces, an attacker can provide JavaScript code in an input field whose data is later used as a tooltip title without any input validation.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.primefaces:primefaces < 8.0 8.0
npm package primefaces < 8.0 8.0

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven), npm
Package
org.primefaces:primefaces, primefaces
Disclosed
07.05.2021
Updated
11.10.2026 13:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fw5f-7c6c-3vmv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: primefaces

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This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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