What is CVE-2021-40096?

CVE-2021-40096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Squaredup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-40096?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-40096 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Squaredup

CVE-2021-40096

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in integration configuration in SquaredUp for SCOM 5.2.1.6654 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via modification of the authorisationUrl in some integration configurations.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Squaredup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

kaje11/CVEs

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40096?: CVE-2021-40096 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Squaredup, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-40096?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-40096 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.