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GHSA-9FMX-59HW-PGP3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-12 00:00 – Updated: 2023-05-16 21:30

Details

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) versions prior to and including 9.0.25 by tricking a user to click on a link containing malicious code that would then be run by the web browser. This can result in the compromise of confidential information, or even the takeover of the user’s session.

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2021-27416 (GCVE-0-2021-27416)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-11 17:53 – Updated: 2025-04-16 16:43

Summary

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

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	https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?Docu…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Hitachi ABB Power Grids	Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)	Affected: unspecified , ≤ 9.0.25 (custom)

Credits

Hitachi ABB Power Grids reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-9FMX-59HW-PGP3

CVE-2021-27416 (GCVE-0-2021-27416)

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