Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39278

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 07 September 2021

Published
07 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0026 49.9th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

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

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

moxa
wac-2004 firmware
1.7
moxa
wac-1001 firmware
2.1
moxa
wac-1001-t firmware
2.1
moxa
oncell g3470a-lte-eu firmware
1.7
moxa
oncell g3470a-lte-eu-t firmware
1.7
moxa
tap-323-eu-ct-t firmware
1.3
moxa
tap-323-us-ct-t firmware
1.3
moxa
tap-323-jp-ct-t firmware
1.3
moxa
wdr-3124a-eu firmware
2.3
moxa
wdr-3124a-eu-t firmware
2.3
+2 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References