CVE-2021-41658
Published: 24 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-41658 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Student Quarterly Grading System Project Student Quarterly Grading System. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-28670
Vulnerability details
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Sourcecodester Student Quarterly Grading System by oretnom23, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the fullname and username parameters to the users page.
- 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.