CVE-2021-43659
Published: 24 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-43659 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Halo Halo. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 42.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-30571
Vulnerability details
In halo 1.4.14, the function point of uploading the avatar, any file can be uploaded, such as uploading an HTML file, which will cause a stored XSS vulnerability.
- 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.