CVE-2021-33483 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in CommentsService.ashx in OnyakTech Comments Pro 3.8. The comment posting functionality allows an attacker to add an XSS payload to the JSON request that will execute when users visit the page with the comment.

Published: 2021-09-07

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:onyaktech_comments_pro_project:onyaktech_comments_pro:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-20186	An issue was discovered in CommentsService.ashx in OnyakTech Comments Pro 3.8. The comment posting functionality allows an attacker to add an XSS payload to the JSON request that will execute when users visit the page with the comment.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00616.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://burninatorsec.blogspot.com/2021/07/onyaktech-comments-pro-broken.html
https://twitter.com/onyaktech

History

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Subscriptions

Onyaktech Comments Pro Project Onyaktech Comments Pro

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-07T04:56:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:42.826Z

Reserved: 2021-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33483

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-07T05:15:06.723

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:54:39.207

Link: CVE-2021-33483

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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