What is CVE-2021-34540?

CVE-2021-34540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-34540?

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

Is CVE-2021-34540 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Advantech Webaccess

CVE-2021-34540

Advantech WebAccess 8.4.2 and 8.4.4 allows XSS via the username column of the bwRoot.asp page of WADashboard.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Advantech Webaccess — versions 8.4.2, 8.4.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34540?: CVE-2021-34540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Advantech Webaccess, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-34540?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-34540 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.