CVE-2021-43698: Phpwhois Project Phpwhois

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

phpWhois (last update Jun 30 2021) is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. In file example.php, the exit function will terminate the script and print the message to the user. The message will contain $_GET['query'] then there is a XSS vulnerability.

Affected products

• Phpwhois Project Phpwhois: affected versions not specified

Published 2021-11-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.