CVE-2021-29663
Published: 31 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-29663 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Course Registration Management System Project Course Registration Management System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 47.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-16137
Vulnerability details
CourseMS (aka Course Registration Management System) 2.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS). When an attacker with access to an Admin account creates a Job Title in the Site area (aka the admin/add_jobs.php name parameter), they can insert an XSS…
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payload. This payload will execute whenever anyone visits the registration page.
- 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.