Imaster Nce Fabric FirmwareOperating system · Huawei

CVE-2021-22410

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2021-11-23
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
There is a XSS injection vulnerability in iMaster NCE-Fabric V100R019C10. A module of the client does not verify the input sufficiently. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by modifying input after logging onto the client. This may compromise the normal service of the client.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-site scripting (XSS) injection vulnerability in Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric V100R019C10 client interface. An authenticated attacker can exploit insufficient input validation in a client-side module to inject malicious scripts, potentially compromising session integrity or executing arbitrary client-side code.

MitigationImplement robust input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied data in the affected module. Apply context-appropriate sanitization (HTML entity encoding, JavaScript escaping) and set Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Imaster Nce Fabric FirmwareOperating system
Affected:= v100r019c10

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric installation
    Locate the Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric management interface in your environment - typically accessed via web browser on the management IP/hostname of the Fabric controller
    Affected if The product Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric is present in your environment
  2. Confirm installed version is v100R019C10
    Access the product management interface and navigate to the About or System Information page to view the firmware version, or use the command line interface to query the version (e.g., display version or similar command)
    Affected if The installed version is exactly v100R019C10
  3. Verify client interface module is accessible
    Log into the iMaster NCE-Fabric web interface and navigate to the client-facing modules - the vulnerability exists in the client interface component
    Affected if The client interface module is enabled and accessible to authenticated users
  4. Check for unauthenticated network exposure
    Determine if the iMaster NCE-Fabric management interface is directly accessible from untrusted networks (internet-facing or from less-trusted network segments)
    Affected if The management interface is reachable from network segments where untrusted users could obtain valid authentication credentials

Your environment is affected if you have Huawei iMaster NCE-Fabric version v100R019C10 deployed with the client interface module accessible to authenticated users.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement robust input validation and output encoding for all user-supplied data in the affected module. Apply context-appropriate sanitization (HTML entity encoding, JavaScript escaping) and set Content-Security-Policy headers to mitigate XSS execution.

Fix this in Imaster Nce Fabric Firmware Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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