CVE-2021-35513

Mermaid before 8.11.0 allows XSS when the antiscript feature is used.

Published: 2021-06-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-35513 is rated Moderate Risk (45.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.02%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-35513

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.31% 1.02% +0.71%
2 2025-03-17 0.07% 0.31% +0.24%
3 2023-03-07 0.07%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-35513

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-35513

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2021-35513

GHSA-4f6x-49g2-99fm · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — Cross-site Scripting in Mermaid

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-35513

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-35513 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-mermaid), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35513
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-35513 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-mermaid), 16 status rows across 16 suites (bionic, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 10, ignored 4, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-35513

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-35513

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mermaid_project mermaid < 8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:mermaid_project:mermaid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2021-35513

cvelogic Threat Intelligence