CVE-2021-42838
Published: 15 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-42838 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Vice Webopac. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 33.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-29793
Vulnerability details
Grand Vice info Co. webopac7 book search field parameter does not properly restrict the input of special characters, thus unauthenticated attackers can inject JavaScript syntax remotely, and further perform reflective XSS attacks.
- 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.