Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-32972

Medium

Published: 09 July 2021

Published
09 July 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.9th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-32972 is a medium-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Panasonic Fpwin Pro. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 35.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Panasonic FPWIN Pro, all Versions 7.5.1.1 and prior, allows an attacker to craft a project file specifying a URI that causes the XML parser to access the URI and embed the contents, which may allow the attacker to disclose information…

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that is accessible in the context of the user executing software.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

panasonic
fpwin pro
≤ 7.5.1.1

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

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