CVE-2021-40959
Published: 20 December 2024
Summary
CVE-2021-40959 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Rubiya (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 37.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-28113
Vulnerability details
A reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in MONITORAPP Application Insight Web Application Firewall (AIWAF) <= 4.1.6 and <=5.0 was identified on the subpage `/process_management/process_status.xhr.php`. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of the victim's…
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- 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.