CVE-2021-27416
Cross-site scripting in Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ellipse EAM
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cross-site scripting in Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ellipse EAM
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-27416- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-14170
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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-14170- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9fmx-59hw-pgp3
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in Hitachi ABB Power Grids Ellipse Enterprise Asset...
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.
- Record
GHSA-9fmx-59hw-pgp3- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2021-27416- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27416 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Hitachi Abb Power Grids Ellipse Enterprise Asset Management (eam), published March 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.