CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-21541

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain a DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by tricking a victim application user to supply malicious HTML or JavaScript code to DOM environment in the browser. The malicious code is then executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable web application.

How to fix

Remediation Available
idrac9 firmwareNVD
Affected:< 4.40.00.00Fixed in:4.40.00.00CVE-2021-21541derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days
53rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 53% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.