CVE-2021-29388
Published: 28 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-29388 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Budget Management System Project Budget Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 39.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-16023
Vulnerability details
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SourceCodester Budget Management System 1.0 allows users to inject and store arbitrary JavaScript code in index.php via vulnerable field 'Budget Title'.
- 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.