CVE-2021-21738
Published: 05 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-21738 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Zte Zxiptv Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-8910
Vulnerability details
ZTE's big video business platform has two reflective cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. Due to insufficient input verification, the attacker could implement XSS attacks by tampering with the parameters, to affect the operations of valid users. This affects: <ZXIPTV><ZXIPTV-EAS_PV5.06.04.09>
- 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.