Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-20338

Medium

Published: 02 June 2021

Published
02 June 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 40.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-20338 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Ibm Rational Doors Next Generation. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

IBM Jazz Foundation and IBM Engineering products are vulnerable to cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM…

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X-Force ID: 194449.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

ibm
collaborative lifecycle management
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
engineering lifecycle management
7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
engineering lifecycle optimization - engineering insights
7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
engineering lifecycle optimization - publishing
7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
engineering test management
7.0.0, 7.0.1
ibm
rational doors next generation
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2
ibm
rational engineering lifecycle manager
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
rational quality manager
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1
ibm
removable media manager
6.0.6, 6.0.6.1, 7.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References