CVE-2021-38870
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to...
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 208343.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 208343.
- Record
CVE-2021-38870- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:L/PR:L/I:L/A:N/AV:N/S:C/AC:L/UI:N/RL:O/E:H/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25307
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 208343.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25307- CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/C:L/PR:L/I:L/A:N/AV:N/S:C/AC:L/UI:N/RL:O/E:H/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qh87-5cc8-25g4No score
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to...
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 208343.
- Record
GHSA-qh87-5cc8-25g4- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
IBM Aspera Cloud is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session. IBM X-Force ID: 208343.
- Record
CVE-2021-38870- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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-2021-38870 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Ibm Aspera, published September 23, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.50%, the 43rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.