Cross-site scripting in highcharts - CVE-2021-29489
Published: May 10, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU53000
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-29489
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
highcharts
Qradar Advisor
QRadar User Behavior Analytics
Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit
Communications Unified Assurance
Qradar Advisor
QRadar User Behavior Analytics
Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit
Communications Unified Assurance
How to mitigate CVE-2021-29489
Install updates from vendor's website.
highcharts - update to 9.0.0
Qradar Advisor - update to 2.6.5
Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit - update to 5.5.0
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.8
Qradar Advisor - update to 2.6.5
Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit - update to 5.5.0
QRadar User Behavior Analytics - update to 4.1.8
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Cross-site scripting in highcharts JavaScript library
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar User Behavior Analytics
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar Advisor With Watson App for IBM QRadar SIEM
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Communications Unified Assurance
- Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit update for third-party libraries