CVE-2021-38707
Published: 07 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38707 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Cliniccases Cliniccases. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25145
Vulnerability details
Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ClinicCases 7.3.3 allow low-privileged attackers to introduce arbitrary JavaScript to account parameters. The XSS payloads will execute in the browser of any user who views the relevant content. This can result in account takeover…
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via session token theft.
- 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.