Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23439

Medium

Published: 05 September 2021

Published
05 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0041 61.9th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23439 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Johndatserakis File-Upload-With-Preview. Its CVSS base score is 4.2 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This affects the package file-upload-with-preview before 4.2.0. A file containing malicious JavaScript code in the name can be uploaded (a user needs to be tricked into uploading such a file).

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

johndatserakis
file-upload-with-preview
≤ 4.2.0

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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