# CVE-2021-3442: Cross-site scripting in Red Hat OpenShift API Management.

> An authenticated user can inject scripts into text boxes in Red Hat OpenShift API Management, leading to cross-site scripting and data confidentiality loss.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgh9-g52q-6m7g

## What is CVE-2021-3442?

CVE-2021-3442 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift API Management., published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A flaw was found in the Red Hat OpenShift API Management product. User input is not validated allowing an authenticated user to inject scripts into some text boxes leading to a XSS attack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-3442?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openshift Api Management.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-3442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-3442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-3442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-3442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-3442 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift API Management., published on 22 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-3442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Red Hat OpenShift API Management.. 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-2021-3442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3442/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-3442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-3442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.