CVE-2021-35976
Published: 10 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-35976 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Plesk Obsidian. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.3% 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-2021-22609
Vulnerability details
The feature to preview a website in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.0 through 18.0.32 on Linux is vulnerable to reflected XSS via the /plesk-site-preview/ PATH, aka PFSI-62467. The attacker could execute JavaScript code in the victim's browser by using the link to…
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preview sites hosted on the server. Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.
- 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.