CVE-2021-36738
XSS vulnerability in the JSP version of the Apache Pluto Applicant MVCBean CDI portlet
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 2.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The input fields in the JSP version of the Apache Pluto Applicant MVCBean CDI portlet are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. Users should migrate to version 3.1.1 of the applicant-mvcbean-cdi-jsp-portlet.war artifact
Timeline
ID reserved
By apache
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Portals
- affected org.apache.portals.pluto.demo:applicant-mvcbean-cdi-jsp-portlet 3.1.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.portals.pluto:pluto-portalGHSA-jg6j-jrxv-2hh9 (opens in a new tab)
What to do
Workaround: * Uninstall the applicant-mvcbean-cdi-jsp-portlet.war artifact -or- * Migrate to version 3.1.1 of the applicant-mvcbean-cdi-jsp-portlet.war artifact
References
References1
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/11j19v1gjsk7o6o8nch1xrydow9b8lll (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-0627 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jg6j-jrxv-2hh9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-36738)Record last updated .