Vulnerability in Uipath Assistant
CVE-2021-44042
An issue was discovered in UiPath Assistant 21.4.4. User-controlled data supplied to the --process-start argument of the URI handler for uipath-assistant:// is not correctly encoded, resulting in attacker-controlled content being injected into the error message displayed (when the injected content does not match an existing process). A determined attacker could leverage this to execute JavaScript in the context of the Electron application.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Uipath Assistant — versions 21.4.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/uipath-assistant (Product)
- docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/release-notes-2021-10-4 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-44042?
- CVE-2021-44042 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Uipath Assistant, classified under Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-14.
- How severe is CVE-2021-44042?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.