CVE-2021-43549 (GCVE-0-2021-43549)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-18 14:18 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:00
VLAI?
Summary
A remote authenticated attacker with write access to a PI Server could trick a user into interacting with a PI Web API endpoint and redirect them to a malicious website. As a result, a victim may disclose sensitive information to the attacker or be provided with false information.
Severity ?
6.9 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| OSIsoft | PI Web API |
Affected:
All versions , ≤ 2019 SPI
(custom)
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Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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