Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40714

Medium

Published: 27 September 2021

Published
27 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 0.0088 75.8th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40714 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Adobe Experience Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Adobe Experience Manager version 6.5.9.0 (and earlier) is affected by a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the accesskey parameter. If an attacker is able to convince a victim to visit a URL referencing a vulnerable page, malicious JavaScript content…

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may be executed within the context of the victim's browser

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

adobe
experience manager
≤ 6.5.9.0

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.

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