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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-32092

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DocumentAction component of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uuid parameter.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:57 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-32092

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 May 2021, 05:15 UTC

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DocumentAction component of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uuid parameter.

osv:CVE-2021-32092
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-32092",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-32092",
    "summary": "A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the DocumentAction component of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Emissary 5.9.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uuid parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-32092",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
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                }
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              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:nsa:emissary:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "5.9.0"
                      },
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.965006532Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://blog.sonarsource.com/code-vulnerabilities-in-nsa-application-revealed",
        "https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/nsa-workflow-application-emissary-vulnerable-to-malicious-takeover"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433412,
  "published_at": "2021-05-07T05:15:08.28+00:00"
}