What is CVE-2021-45888?

CVE-2021-45888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ponton X\/p Messenger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-45888?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Ponton X\/p Messenger

CVE-2021-45888

An issue was discovered in PONTON X/P Messenger before 3.11.2. The navigation tree that is shown on the left side of every page of the web application is vulnerable to XSS: it allows injection of JavaScript into its nodes. Creating such nodes is only possible for users who have the role Configuration Administrator or Administrator.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ponton X\/p_messenger — versions 3.8.0, 3.10.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45888?: CVE-2021-45888 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ponton X\/p Messenger, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-45888?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.