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CVE-2021-46387 json

ZyXEL ZyWALL 2 Plus Internet Security Appliance is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS).

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-33066

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
21.0%
EPSS 21.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

ZyXEL ZyWALL 2 Plus Internet Security Appliance is affected by Cross Site Scripting (XSS). Insecure URI handling leads to bypass security restriction to achieve Cross Site Scripting, which allows an attacker able to execute arbitrary JavaScript codes to perform multiple attacks such as clipboard hijacking and session hijacking.

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50797)

Exploit prediction

20.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50797 Zyxel ZyWALL 2 Plus Internet Security Appliance - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) webapps, 2022-03-02
  • Nuclei template Zyxel ZyWALL 2 Plus Internet Security Appliance - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template
  • drive.google.com https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_XfWBLqxT2Mqt7uB663Sjlc62pE8-rcN?usp=sharing referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166189/Zyxel-ZyWALL-2-Plus-Cross-Site-Scripting.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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