Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input that is processed by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by adding malicious code to the configuration by using the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40131
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gmxx-4882-2mxv
References
More Cisco Common Services Platform Collector vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-19919 Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2019-01349 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Static Credential Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-01264 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Command Injection Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2022-05233 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-05232 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-05231 Cisco Common Services Platform Collector Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-40131 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-40131 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gmxx-4882-2mxv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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