CVE-2021-41918
Published: 08 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-41918 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Webtareas Project Webtareas. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.7% 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-2021-28916
Vulnerability details
webTareas version 2.4 and earlier allows an authenticated user to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and achieve a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users and administrators. The issue affects every…
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endpoint on the application because it is related on how each URL is echoed back on every response 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.