CVE-2021-36806

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Published Nov 30, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A reflected XSS vulnerability allows an open redirect when the victim clicks a malicious link to an error page on

Sophos Email Appliance

older than version 4.5.3.4.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Sophos

Sophos Email Appliance

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.5.3.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:email_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23382	A reflected XSS vulnerability allows an open redirect when the victim clicks a malicious link to an error page on Sophos Email Appliance older than version 4.5.3.4.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.432% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://community.sophos.com/email-appliance/b/blog/posts/sophos-email-appliance-version-4-5-3-4-released

History

Dec 2, 2024 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sophos Email Appliance

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Dec 2, 2024, 6:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Sophos
Published: Nov 30, 2023, 9:41 AM
Updated: Dec 2, 2024, 6:09 PM
Reserved: Jul 19, 2021, 9:01 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:01 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 1:01 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 30, 2023, 10:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:59 AM

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