CVE-2021-38883

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 42.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-12-17 17:05Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 19:25Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-08-16

Assigning CNA

ibm

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/UI:R/S:C/AC:L/I:L/PR:L/A:N/AV:N/C:L/RL:O/RC:C/E:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a19318e018bc6692afbfab5a4ac22064df1b6674a28d9c2a4e579d5b38b82f02

• www.ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6527270x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-baw-cve202138883-xss (209165)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/209165vdb-entryx_refsource_XF