{
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "security@apache.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2021-36739",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC",
        "TITLE": "XSS vulnerability in the MVCBean JSP portlet maven archetype"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "Apache Portals",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_affected": "=",
                                            "version_name": "org.apache.portals.pluto.archetype:mvcbean-jsp-portlet-archetype",
                                            "version_value": "3.1.0"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "vendor_name": "Apache Software Foundation"
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_type": "CVE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "The \"first name\" and \"last name\" fields of the Apache Pluto 3.1.0 MVCBean JSP portlet maven archetype are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks."
            }
        ]
    },
    "generator": {
        "engine": "Vulnogram 0.0.9"
    },
    "impact": [
        {
            "other": "moderate"
        }
    ],
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/m5j87nn1lmvzp8b9lmh7gqq68g5lnb7p",
                "name": "https://lists.apache.org/thread/m5j87nn1lmvzp8b9lmh7gqq68g5lnb7p"
            }
        ]
    },
    "source": {
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
    },
    "work_around": [
        {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "If a project was generated from the affected maven archetype using a command like the following:\n\nmvn archetype:generate \\\n     -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.portals.pluto.archetype \\\n     -DarchetypeArtifactId=mvcbean-jsp-portlet-archetype \\\n     -DarchetypeVersion=3.1.0 \\\n     -DgroupId=com.mycompany \\\n     -DartifactId=com.mycompany.my.mvcbean.jsp.portlet\n\nThen developers must fix the generated greeting.jspx file by escaping the rendered values submitted to the \"First Name\" and \"Last Name\" fields.\n\nFor example, change:\n\n     <span>${user.firstName} ${user.lastName}! </span>\n\nTo:\n\n     <span>${mvc.encoders.html(user.firstName)} ${mvc.encoders.html(user.lastName)}! </span>\n\nMoving forward, all such projects should be generated from version 3.1.1 of the Maven archetype.\n"
        }
    ]
}