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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.8

CVE-2021-42750 json

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rule Engine in ThingsBoard 3.3.1 allows remote attackers (with administrative access) to inje…

published 2022-08-12 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-29708

cvss
4.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Rule Engine in ThingsBoard 3.3.1 allows remote attackers (with administrative access) to inject arbitrary JavaScript within the title of a rule node.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-51003)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-51003 ThingsBoard 3.3.1 'name' - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) webapps, 2022-08-09
  • packetstormsecurity.com https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167999/Thingsboard-3.3.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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