Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4298

Medium

Published: 02 January 2023

Published
02 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0034 57.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4298 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Nd Sipity. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity. This affects the function SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter of the file app/parameters/sipity/parameters/search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 2021.8 is able to address this issue.…

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The patch is named d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217179.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

nd
sipity
≤ 2021.8

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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