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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xf28-6vg8-pmr9

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40337?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2021-40337 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy LinkOne

- [CVE-2021-40338](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40338/): OWASP Related Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s LinkOne Product (low 3.7)
- [CVE-2021-40339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40339/): OWASP Related Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s LinkOne Product (low 3.7)
- [CVE-2021-40340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40340/): OWASP Related Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s LinkOne Product (low 3.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-40337 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Hitachi Energy LinkOne. 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-2021-40337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40337/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40337

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40337/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.