CVE-2021-40131: Cisco Common Services Platform Collector

Medium severity, CVSS 5.4. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Common Services Platform Collector (CSPC) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack against a user of the interface. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input that is processed by the web-based management interface. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by adding malicious code to the configuration by using the web-based management interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the interface or access sensitive, browser-based information.

Affected products

• Cisco Common Services Platform Collector: before 2.9.1.1 (fixed in 2.9.1.1)

Published 2021-11-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.