Cross-site scripting in GraphiQL - CVE-2021-41248
Published: November 8, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57994
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-2021-41248
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 in the type names. 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
GraphiQL
watsonx.data
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector
watsonx.data
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector
How to mitigate CVE-2021-41248
Install update from vendor's website.
GraphiQL - update to 1.4.7
watsonx.data - update to 2.3.1
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector - addressed in versions 8.11.26, 9.0.18, 9.1.8
watsonx.data - update to 2.3.1
Maximo Application Suite - Edge Data Collector - addressed in versions 8.11.26, 9.0.18, 9.1.8