PT-2021-20862 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2021-08-31 · Updated 2021-09-09 · CVE-2021-35240

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: No specific software or version is mentioned, so the information cannot be determined.

Description: A security researcher discovered a stored XSS issue via a Help Server setting. This affects customers using Internet Explorer because it does not support 'rel=noopener'.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-35240

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 7

• https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Mitigate-the-Stored-XSS-via-Help-Server-setting-CVE-2021-35240?language=en_US · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35240 · Security Note
• https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/orionplatform/content/core-secure-configuration.htm · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-35240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35240 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Orion-Platform-2020-2-6-Hotfix-1?language=en_US · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/28121 · Telegram Post