Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-46846

Medium

Published: 12 December 2022

Published
12 December 2022
Modified
02 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0016 37.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-46846 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Hp Integrated Lights-Out 5 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.4 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-Out 5.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

hp
integrated lights-out 5 firmware
≤ 2.44

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.

References