CVE-2021-36538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gurock TestRail before 7.1.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to run arbitrary code via the reference field in milestones or description fields in reports.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00042.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gurock	Testrail

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gurock:testrail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23140	Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Gurock TestRail before 7.1.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to run arbitrary code via the reference field in milestones or description fields in reports.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/miglen/b09498b4b9fe1be58973bd474af125ab

History

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-26T16:20:39.444Z

Reserved: 2021-07-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36538

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T00:54:51.521Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-03T18:15:10.760

Modified: 2025-03-26T17:15:21.657

Link: CVE-2021-36538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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