CVE-2021-39038

lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.006 · 49 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.60% (49th) EPSS

CVSS 3.5 · low

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

IBM WebSphere Application Server 9.0 and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty 17.0.0.3 through 22.0.0.2 could allow a remote attacker to hijack the clicking action of the victim. By persuading a victim to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's click actions and possibly launch further attacks against the victim. IBM X-Force ID: 213968.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.5–5.4

v2.03.5lowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.8 · impact 2.9

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/C:L/S:C/UI:R/I:L/PR:L/AC:H/A:N/RC:C/RL:O/E:Usecondary · ENISA EU

v3.04.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · psirt@us.ibm.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 2.7

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-1021USprimary

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

IBM WebSphere Application Server≤ 9.0enisa_euvdEU
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty≤ 17.0.0.3enisa_euvdEU
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty≤ 22.0.0.2enisa_euvdEU
ibm websphere application server17.0.0.3 → 22.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm websphere application server9.0.0.0 → 9.0.5.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:ibm:websphere_application_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-02-24modified 2026-06-17

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references (15)

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