What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-43712?

CVE-2021-43712 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.9%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2021-43712?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2021-43712. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.9%.

Employee Daily Task Management System CVE-2021-43712

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2022-05-09 cve@mitre.org

RCE XSS Employee Daily Task Management System

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 09, 2022 - 21:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

Stored XSS in Add New Employee Form in Sourcecodester Employee Daily Task Management System 1.0 Allows Remote Attacker to Inject/Store Arbitrary Code via the Name Field.

AnalysisAI

Stored XSS in Add New Employee Form in Sourcecodester Employee Daily Task Management System 1.0 Allows Remote Attacker to Inject/Store Arbitrary Code via the Name Field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, 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. Stored XSS in Add New Employee Form in Sourcecodester Employee Daily Task Management System 1.0 Allows Remote Attacker to Inject/Store Arbitrary Code via the Name Field. Affected products include: Employee Daily Task Management System Project Employee Daily Task Management System.

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.