Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-35489

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 09 November 2021

Published
09 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0040 61.2th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-35489 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Thruk Thruk. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 38.8% 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

Vulnerability details

Thruk 2.40-2 allows /thruk/#cgi-bin/extinfo.cgi?type=2&host={HOSTNAME]&service={SERVICENAME]&backend={BACKEND] Reflected XSS via the host or service parameter. An attacker could inject arbitrary JavaScript into extinfo.cgi. The malicious payload would be triggered every time an authenticated user browses the page containing it.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

thruk
thruk
2.40-2

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References