Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23358

LowPublic PoC

Published: 29 March 2021

Published
29 March 2021
Modified
03 November 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0141 81.0th percentile
Risk Priority 7 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23358 is a low-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Underscorejs Underscore. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 19.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The package underscore from 1.13.0-0 and before 1.13.0-2, from 1.3.2 and before 1.12.1 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the template function, particularly when a variable property is passed as an argument as it is not sanitized.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

underscorejs
underscore
1.3.2 — 1.12.1 · 1.13.0-0 — 1.13.0-2
debian
debian linux
10.0, 9.0
tenable
tenable.sc
≤ 5.18.0
fedoraproject
fedora
33, 34

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.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

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