CVE-2021-36206
Published: 28 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-36206 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Johnsoncontrols Cevas. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 29.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-22827
Vulnerability details
All versions of CEVAS prior to 1.01.46 do not sufficiently validate user-controllable input and could allow a user to bypass authentication and retrieve data with specially crafted SQL queries.
- 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.