CVE-2021-33904
Published: 07 June 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-33904 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Accela Civic Platform. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.5% 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-2021-20576
Vulnerability details
In Accela Civic Platform through 21.1, the security/hostSignon.do parameter servProvCode is vulnerable to XSS. NOTE: The vendor states "there are configurable security flags and we are unable to reproduce them with the available information.
- 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.