CVE-2021-44042 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in UiPath Assistant 21.4.4. User-controlled data supplied to the –process-start argument of the URI handler for uipath-assistant:// is not correctly encoded resulting in attacker-controlled content being injected into the error message displayed (when the injected content does not match an existing process). A determined attacker could leverage this to execute JavaScript in the context of the Electron application.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/release-notes-2021-10-4 https://docs.uipath.com/robot/docs/uipath-assistant

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8