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.

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…

EPSS: 0.011 (61.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Uipath Assistant — versions 21.4.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-116 — Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

References

cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, 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.