CVE-2021-40337 OWASP Related Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s LinkOne Product

Medium 4.2 Published 25 Jan 2022 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An XSS vulnerability in Hitachi Energy LinkOne allows attackers to steal sensitive information and execute web attacks.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2021-40337?

CVE-2021-40337 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hitachi Energy LinkOne, published on 25 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Hitachi Energy LinkOne allows an attacker that manages to exploit the vulnerability can take advantage to exploit multiple web attacks and stole sensitive information. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy LinkOne 3.20; 3.22; 3.23; 3.24; 3.25; 3.26.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40337?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hitachi Linkone.

How do I fix CVE-2021-40337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-40337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xf28-6vg8-pmr9.