CVE-2021-42856 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-42856: Reflected Cross-site Scripting at DsaDataTest

Vendor Aternity
Product SteelCentral AppInternals Dynamic Sampling Agent
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published March 9, 2022
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

4.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was discovered that the /DsaDataTest endpoint is susceptible to Cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. It was noted that the Metric parameter does not have any input checks on the user input that allows an attacker to craft its own malicious payload to trigger a XSS vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 9, 2022 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated