CVE-2021-27945
Published: 08 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27945 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Squirro Squirro. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-14663
Vulnerability details
The Squirro Insights Engine was affected by a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions 2.0.0 up to and including 3.2.4. An attacker can use the vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript code into the application, which will execute within the…
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browser of any user who views the relevant application content. The attacker-supplied code can perform a wide variety of actions, such as stealing victims' session tokens or login credentials, performing arbitrary actions on their behalf, and logging their keystrokes.
- 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.