Is CVE-2021-33256 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-33256 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-33256?

CVE-2021-33256 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-33256?

CVE-2021-33256 has an EPSS score of 79.00% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2021-33256?

No published fix for CVE-2021-33256 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-33256

HIGHEPSS 100th pctl

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A CSV injection vulnerability on the login panel of ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus Version: 6.1 Build No: 6101 can be exploited by an unauthenticated user. The j_username parameter seems to be vulnerable and a reverse shell could be obtained if a privileged user exports "User Attempts Audit Report" as CSV file. Note: The vendor disputes this vulnerability, claiming "This is not a valid vulnerability in our ADSSP product. We don't see this as a security issue at our side.

CWE-1236

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

79.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

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Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-1236 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2018-11652	Critical	9.8	25%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-36962	Critical	9.8	11%	-	-
CVE-2019-12765	Critical	9.8	10%	-	-
CVE-2019-14749	High	8.8	9.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9372	High	7.8	8.6%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9347	Critical	9.8	7.8%	-	-

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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.