CVE-2021-20994
Published: 13 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-20994 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wago 0852-0303 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 39.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-8403
Vulnerability details
In multiple managed switches by WAGO in different versions an attacker may trick a legitimate user to click a link to inject possible malicious code into the Web-Based Management.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.