Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23273

High

Published: 09 March 2021

Published
09 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0025 49.0th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23273 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Tibco Spotfire Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 49.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Spotfire client component of TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop, and TIBCO Spotfire Server contains a vulnerability that theoretically allows a low privileged attacker with network access to execute…

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a stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attack on the affected system. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Affected releases are TIBCO Software Inc.'s TIBCO Spotfire Analyst: versions 10.3.3 and below, versions 10.10.0, 10.10.1, and 10.10.2, versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.9.0, 11.0.0, and 11.1.0, TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace: versions 11.1.0 and below, TIBCO Spotfire Desktop: versions 10.3.3 and below, versions 10.10.0, 10.10.1, and 10.10.2, versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.9.0, 11.0.0, and 11.1.0, and TIBCO Spotfire Server: versions 10.3.11 and below, versions 10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, and 10.10.3, versions 10.7.0, 10.8.0, 10.8.1, 10.9.0, 11.0.0, and 11.1.0.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

tibco
analytics platform
≤ 11.1.0
tibco
spotfire analyst
10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.7.0, 10.8.0 · ≤ 10.3.3
tibco
spotfire desktop
10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.7.0, 10.8.0 · ≤ 10.3.3
tibco
spotfire server
10.10.0, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3, 10.7.0 · ≤ 10.3.11

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

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

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

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

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