CVE-2021-33850
Published: 19 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-33850 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Microsoft Clarity. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 30.1% 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-2021-20524
Vulnerability details
There is a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Clarity version 0.3. The XSS payload executes whenever the user changes the clarity configuration in Microsoft Clarity version 0.3. The payload is stored on the configuring project Id 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.