CVE-2021-26682
Published: 23 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-26682 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Arubanetworks Clearpass Policy Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-13475
Vulnerability details
A remote reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager version(s): Prior to 6.9.5, 6.8.8-HF1, 6.7.14-HF1. A vulnerability in the guest portal interface of ClearPass could allow a remote attacker to conduct a reflected cross-site scripting…
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(XSS) attack against a user of the portal. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in a victim’s browser in the context of the guest portal interface.
- 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.