CVE-2021-22676
Published: 10 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-22676 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess\/Scada. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 40.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-9812
Vulnerability details
UserExcelOut.asp within WebAccess/SCADA is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS), which could allow an attacker to send malicious JavaScript code. This could result in hijacking of cookie/session tokens, redirection to a malicious webpage, and unintended browser action on the WebAccess/SCADA (WebAccess/SCADA…
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versions prior to 8.4.5, WebAccess/SCADA versions prior to 9.0.1).
- 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.