CVE-2021-21043: adobe experience_manager Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-21043 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in adobe experience_manager. EPSS estimates a 3.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 02-02-2021
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ACS Commons version 4.9.2 (and earlier) suffers from a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in version-compare and page-compare due to invalid JCR characters that are not handled correctly. An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript content into vulnerable form fields and execute it within the context of the victim's browser. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in order to be successful.

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.