CVE-2021-37195
Published: 11 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-37195 is a medium-severity Basic XSS (CWE-80) vulnerability in Siemens Comos. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-23769
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been identified in COMOS V10.2 (All versions only if web components are used), COMOS V10.3 (All versions < V10.3.3.3 only if web components are used), COMOS V10.4 (All versions < V10.4.1 only if web components are used).…
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The COMOS Web component of COMOS accepts arbitrary code as attachment to tasks. This could allow an attacker to inject malicious code that is executed when loading the attachment.
- 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.