CVE-2021-39278
Published: 07 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-39278 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Moxa Wac-2004 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 49.9th 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-2021-25640
Vulnerability details
Certain MOXA devices allow reflected XSS via the Config Import menu. This affects WAC-2004 1.7, WAC-1001 2.1, WAC-1001-T 2.1, OnCell G3470A-LTE-EU 1.7, OnCell G3470A-LTE-EU-T 1.7, TAP-323-EU-CT-T 1.3, TAP-323-US-CT-T 1.3, TAP-323-JP-CT-T 1.3, WDR-3124A-EU 2.3, WDR-3124A-EU-T 2.3, WDR-3124A-US 2.3, and WDR-3124A-US-T 2.3.
- 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.