CVE-2021-40191
Published: 11 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-40191 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Dzzoffice Dzzoffice. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 40.9th 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-2021-27376
Vulnerability details
Dzzoffice Version 2.02.1 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS) due to a lack of sanitization of input data at all upload functions in webroot/dzz/attach/Uploader.class.php and return a wrong response in content-type of output data in webroot/dzz/attach/controller.php.
- 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.