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CVE-2021-28247


CA eHealth Performance Manager through 6.3.2.12 is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: An authenticated remote user is able to inject arbitrary web script or HTML due to incorrect sanitization of user-supplied data and perform a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting attack against the platform users. The affected endpoints are: cgi/nhWeb with the parameter report, aviewbin/filtermibobjects.pl with the parameter namefilter, and aviewbin/query.pl with the parameters System, SystemText, Group, and GroupText. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.4, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity though user interaction is required requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited data confidentiality, limited integrity, for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from ca organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2021, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2021-03-26T08:15:13.027

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:59:23.913

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application ca ehealth_performance_manager ≤ 6.3.2.12 Yes

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For ca's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.