CVE-2021-33425
Published: 25 May 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-33425 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openwrt Openwrt. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 48.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-20130
Vulnerability details
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Web Interface for OpenWRT LuCI version 19.07 which allows attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript in the OpenWRT Hostname via the Hostname Change operation.
- 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.