CVE-2021-44030
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML...
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.
- Record
CVE-2021-44030- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.
- Record
CVE-2021-44030- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-30889 No score
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.
- Record
EUVD-2021-30889- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cj74-p2xx-vph4 No score
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML...
Quest KACE Desktop Authority before 11.2 allows XSS because it does not prevent untrusted HTML from reaching the jQuery.htmlPrefilter method of jQuery.
- Record
GHSA-cj74-p2xx-vph4- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-44030 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Quest Kace Desktop Authority, published December 22, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.30%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.