Cross-site scripting in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.10.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected while generating a certificate. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) (Dell) Fixed in 4.40.10.00
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-21542
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7q5c-73vg-wcgj
References
More Dell Idrac9 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-04396 Stack-based buffer overflow in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02726 Buffer overflow in Dell EMC iDRAC CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02728 WS-MAN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-02727 Web Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-04623 Improper authentication in Dell Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2018-01149 iDRAC7/iDRAC8/iDrac9 contains a command injection vulnerability in the SNMP agent. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-21542 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-21542 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7q5c-73vg-wcgj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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