Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4284

Low

Published: 27 December 2022

Published
27 December 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 3.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0087 75.6th percentile
Risk Priority 8 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4284 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Openmrs Htmlformentryui. Its CVSS base score is 3.5 (Low).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in OpenMRS HTML Form Entry UI Framework Integration Module up to 1.x. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely.…

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Upgrading to version 2.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 811990972ea07649ae33c4b56c61c3b520895f07. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216873 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

openmrs
htmlformentryui
≤ 2.0.0

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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