XSS in Quest Kace Desktop Authority

CVE-2021-44030

Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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: 0.042 (90.6th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-44030: held from 0.042 to 0.042.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44030?
CVE-2021-44030 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Quest Kace Desktop Authority, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-44030?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.