CVE-2021-25656
Published: 24 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25656 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Avaya Aura Experience Portal. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-12548
Vulnerability details
Stored XSS injection vulnerabilities were discovered in the Avaya Aura Experience Portal Web management which could allow an authenticated user to potentially disclose sensitive information. Affected versions include 7.0 through 7.2.3 (without hotfix) and 8.0.0 (without hotfix).
- 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.