CVE-2021-44478 Cross-site scripting in Polarion ALM

What is CVE-2021-44478?

CVE-2021-44478 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Siemens Polarion ALM, published on 8 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A vulnerability has been identified in Polarion ALM (All versions < V21 R2 P2), Polarion WebClient for SVN (All versions). A cross-site scripting is present due to improper neutralization of data sent to the web page through the SVN WebClient in the affected product. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code and extract sensitive information by sending a specially crafted link to users with administrator privileges.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44478?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Siemens Polarion Alm, Siemens Polarion Subversion Webclient.

How do I fix CVE-2021-44478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44478 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-2021-44478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Siemens Polarion ALM

• CVE-2023-50236 Privilege escalation in Polarion ALM High 7.8
• CVE-2024-23813 Missing authorization in Polarion ALM High 7.3
• CVE-2024-51444 SQL injection in Polarion V2310 High 7.1
• CVE-2024-51445 XML external entity in Polarion V2310 High 7.1
• CVE-2024-51447 Information disclosure in Polarion V2310 Medium 6.9

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-44g4-c9hw-qp42.