6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-35240
Microsoft Internet Explorer Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

A security researcher stored XSS via a Help Server setting. This affects customers using Internet Explorer, because they do not support 'rel=noopener'.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 31, 2021, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 9, 2021, 2:39 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.3

Exploitability Score :

0.7
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-35240 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-35240 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Solarwinds orion_platform
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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None

Updated: 5 months, 4 weeks ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2023, 11:36 p.m. This repo has been linked 79 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-35240 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-35240 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm No Types Assigned https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm Product, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_US No Types Assigned https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_US Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_US No Types Assigned https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_US Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240 No Types Assigned https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:orion_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2020.2.5 OR cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} -0.00%

score

0.38688

percentile

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