CVE-2021-29116 (GCVE-0-2021-29116)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-07 11:00
Modified
2025-04-10 14:58
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Summary
A stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Esri ArcGIS Server feature services versions 10.8.1 and 10.9 (only) feature services may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to pass and store malicious strings via crafted queries which when accessed could potentially execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the user’s browser.
References
psirt@esri.comhttps://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/arcgis-server-security-2021-update-2-patch-is-now-availableVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/arcgis-server-security-2021-update-2-patch-is-now-availableVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Esri ArcGIS Server Version: 10.8.1   < 10.9.0
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