CVE-2021-42535
Published: 27 July 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-42535 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Visam Vbase Web-Remote. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 38.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29504
Vulnerability details
VISAM VBASE version 11.6.0.6 does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before the data is placed in output used as a public-facing webpage.
- 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.