CVE-2021-21543
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting...
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected parameters. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected parameters. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
- Record
CVE-2021-21543- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8815
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected parameters. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8815- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rr5f-6hj6-9jf3 No score
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting...
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected parameters. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
- Record
GHSA-rr5f-6hj6-9jf3- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell EMC iDRAC9 versions prior to 4.40.00.00 contain multiple stored cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. A remote authenticated malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit these vulnerabilities to store malicious HTML or JavaScript code through multiple affected parameters. When victim users access the submitted data through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable application.
- Record
CVE-2021-21543- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21543 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Dell Idrac9 Firmware, published April 30, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.63%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.