# CVE-2018-21033: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary CSS tokens in Hitachi storage management tools, potentially leading to script execution or session hijacking.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:N/PR:L/S:C/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Feb 2020
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x4xv-pfvp-jg8m

## What is CVE-2018-21033?

CVE-2018-21033 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in Hitachi Command Suite prior to 8.6.2-00, Hitachi Automation Director prior to 8.6.2-00 and Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor prior to 4.2.0-00 allow authenticated remote users to load an arbitrary Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequence. Hitachi Command Suite includes Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager, Hitachi Global Link Manager and Hitachi Compute Systems Manager.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-21033?

It affects 8 products.


Products: Hitachi Automation Director, Hitachi Compute Systems Manager, Hitachi Device Manager, Hitachi Global Link Manager, Hitachi Infrastructure Analytics Advisor, Hitachi Replication Manager, Hitachi Tiered Storage Manager, Hitachi Tuning Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-21033?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-21033 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-21033 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21033 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-36652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36652/): Misconfiguration in Hitachi Automation Director (medium 6.6)
- [CVE-2018-21032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21032/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-21033 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-21033 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Feb 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-21033 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21033/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21033/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21033
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-21033
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-21033

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-21033/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.