Openbaraza Human Capital Management
CVE-2021-38583
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 does not properly neutralize user-controllable input, which allows reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on multiple pages: hr/subscription.jsp and hr/application.jsp and and hr/index.jsp (with view= and data=).
AnalysisAI
openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 does not properly neutralize user-controllable input, which allows reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on multiple pages: hr/subscription.jsp and hr/application.jsp and and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. openBaraza HCM 3.1.6 does not properly neutralize user-controllable input, which allows reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) on multiple pages: hr/subscription.jsp and hr/application.jsp and and hr/index.jsp (with view= and data=). Affected products include: Openbaraza Openbaraza Human Capital Management.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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