What is CVE-2021-32092?

CVE-2021-32092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nsa Emissary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-32092?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Nsa Emissary

CVE-2021-32092

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DocumentAction component of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uuid parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2021-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (59.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nsa Emissary — versions 5.9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

portswigger.net/daily-swig/nsa-workflow-application-emissary-vulnerable-to-mali… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
blog.sonarsource.com/code-vulnerabilities-in-nsa-application-revealed (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-32092?: CVE-2021-32092 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nsa Emissary, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-32092?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.