Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-42776

High

Published: 01 December 2021

Published
01 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-42776 is a high-severity Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (CWE-611) vulnerability in Cloverdx Cloverdx. Its CVSS base score is 7.7 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

CloverDX Server before 5.11.2 and and 5.12.x before 5.12.1 allows XXE during configuration import.

CWE(s)
CWE-611

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

cloverdx
cloverdx
5.12.0, 5.12.1 · ≤ 5.11.2

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-611

Penetration testing includes XML external entity payloads, detecting XXE vulnerabilities and enabling their mitigation.

SI-4 System Monitoring
addresses: CWE-611

Identifies XML external entity processing via monitoring of unusual file/network access or resource usage.

References