Cross-site scripting in iDRAC9 - CVE-2021-21581
Published: August 9, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66210
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2021-21581
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
iDRAC9
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
PowerScale OneFS
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance
PowerScale OneFS
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21581
Install updates from vendor's website.
iDRAC9 - update to 5.00.00.00
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.300
PowerScale OneFS - update to 11.7
Dell EMC VxRail Appliance - update to 7.0.300
PowerScale OneFS - update to 11.7