# CVE-2021-35527: Password Autocomplete Vulnerability in Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS Application

> Attackers can retrieve stored user credentials from the browser due to missing autocomplete restrictions on password fields in Hitachi eSOMS.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Jul 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r627-fmvr-78q5

## What is CVE-2021-35527?

CVE-2021-35527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS, published on 14 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Password autocomplete vulnerability in the web application password field of Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS allows attacker to gain access to user credentials that are stored by the browser. This issue affects: Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS version 6.3 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-35527?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hitachienergy Esoms.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-35527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-35527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-35527 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS

- [CVE-2018-14805](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14805/): Auth bypass in ABB eSOMS (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-19094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19094/): ABB eSOMS: SQL injection vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2021-26845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-26845/): eSOMS Report Function Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2019-19000](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19000/): eSOMS Cachecontrol (Pragma) HTTP Header (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2019-19001](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19001/): eSOMS X-FrameOption (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-35527 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-35527 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS, published on 14 Jul 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-35527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Hitachi ABB Power Grids eSOMS. 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-2021-35527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35527/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35527
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35527
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35527

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35527/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.