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CVE-2021-46871

MEDIUM

CVE-2021-46871 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phoenix_html. O3 Security confirms whether CVE-2021-46871 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

phoenix_html allows Cross-site Scripting in HEEx class attributes

Also known asGHSA-5g2h-9x5v-5h3x
Published
Jan 10, 2023
Updated
Jul 9, 2026
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

2 pkgs affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

phoenix_htmlHex
26Kdownloads / week

Description

tag.ex in Phoenix Phoenix.HTML (aka phoenix_html) before 3.0.4 allows XSS in HEEx class attributes.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
💧Hexphoenix_htmlall versions3.0.4
📦npmphoenix_htmlall versions3.0.4

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for phoenix_html. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

  2. Fix

    Update phoenix_html to 3.0.4 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-46871 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether CVE-2021-46871 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to CVE-2021-46871. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

tag.ex in Phoenix Phoenix.HTML (aka phoenix_html) before 3.0.4 allows XSS in HEEx class attributes.
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is CVE-2021-46871 in your dependencies?

O3 detects CVE-2021-46871 across Hex, npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.