CVE-2021-36806 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A reflected XSS vulnerability allows an open redirect when the victim clicks a malicious link to an error page on

Sophos Email Appliance

older than version 4.5.3.4.

Published: 2023-11-30

Score: 4.7 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sophos

Sophos Email Appliance

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.5.3.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:email_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23382	A reflected XSS vulnerability allows an open redirect when the victim clicks a malicious link to an error page on Sophos Email Appliance older than version 4.5.3.4.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00082.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://community.sophos.com/email-appliance/b/blog/posts/sophos-email-appliance-version-4-5-3-4-released

History

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sophos Email Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Sophos

Published: 2023-11-30T09:41:31.380Z

Updated: 2024-12-02T18:09:46.060Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T21:01:31.167Z

Link: CVE-2021-36806

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:01:59.782Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-30T10:15:07.183

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:08.600

Link: CVE-2021-36806

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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