CVE-2021-38619
Published: 13 August 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38619 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openbaraza Openbaraza Human Capital Management. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.7% 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-2021-25059
Vulnerability details
openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 does not properly neutralize user-controllable input: an unauthenticated remote attacker can conduct a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against an administrative user from hr/subscription.jsp and hr/application.jsp and and hr/index.jsp (with view=).
- 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.