CVE-2021-21023
Published: 11 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-21023 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Magento Magento. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-4076
Vulnerability details
Magento versions 2.4.1 (and earlier), 2.4.0-p1 (and earlier) and 2.3.6 (and earlier) are vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the admin console. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary JavaScript execution in the victim's browser. Access to the admin…
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console is required for successful exploitation.
- 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.