CVE-2021-44310
Published: 30 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-44310 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Firmware Analysis And Comparison Tool Project Firmware Analysis And Comparison Tool. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 46.7th 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-2021-31153
Vulnerability details
An issue was discovered in Firmware Analysis and Comparison Tool v3.2. With administrator privileges, the attacker could perform stored XSS attacks by inserting JavaScript and HTML code in user creation functionality.
- 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.