What is CVE-2021-44598?

CVE-2021-44598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Attendance Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-44598?

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

Is CVE-2021-44598 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Attendance Management System Project

CVE-2021-44598

Attendance Management System 1.0 is affected by a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. The value of the FirstRecord request parameter is copied into the value of an HTML tag attribute which is encapsulated in double quotation marks. The attacker can access the system, by using the XSS-reflected method, and then can store information by injecting the admin account on this system.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (50.0th 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

Attendance_management_system_project Attendance_management_system — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-44598?: CVE-2021-44598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Attendance Management System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-44598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-44598 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.