CVE-2021-38677
Published: 14 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-38677 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Qnap Qcalagent. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25116
Vulnerability details
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device running QcalAgent. If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious code. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of QcalAgent: QcalAgent 1.1.7 and…
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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.