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CVE-2021-21316

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21316 describes a critical vulnerability in less-openui5, an npm package used for building OpenUI5 themes, affecting versions prior to 0.10.0. This flaw allows for arbitrary JavaScript execution when processing untrusted .less files, posing a significant risk to OpenUI5 and SAPUI5 development environments, particularly those utilizing UI5 Tooling. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, but high potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:less-openui5_project:less-openui5:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: less-openui5Fixed in: 0.10.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-3crj-w4f5-gwh4high

Processing untrusted theming resources might execute arbitrary code (ACE)

Jan 29, 2021

References

lesscss.org / usage
Third Party Advisory
github.com / SAP/less-openui5/commit/c0d3a8572974a20ea6cee42da11c614a54f100e8
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / SAP/less-openui5/releases/tag/v0.10.0
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / SAP/less-openui5/security/advisories/GHSA-3crj-w4f5-gwh4
Third Party Advisory
npmjs.com / package/less-openui5
ProductThird Party Advisory