CVE-2021-44030 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Quest KACE Desktop Authority versions prior to 11.2, stemming from the software's failure to sanitize untrusted HTML before it reaches jQuery's htmlPrefilter method. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, < 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_desktop_authority:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.