CVE-2021-21973

MEDIUMCISA KEV

5.3

Description

The vSphere Client (HTML5) contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability due to improper validation of URLs in a vCenter Server plugin. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 may exploit this issue by sending a POST request to vCenter Server plugin leading to information disclosure. This affects: VMware vCenter Server (7.x before 7.0 U1c, 6.7 before 6.7 U3l and 6.5 before 6.5 U3n) and VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x before 4.2 and 3.x before 3.10.1.2).

Details CVE

Score CVSS v3.15.3

SeveriteMEDIUM

Vecteur CVSSCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Vecteur d'attaqueNETWORK

ComplexiteLOW

Privileges requisNONE

Interaction utilisateurNONE

Publie2/24/2021

Derniere modification10/30/2025

Sourcekev

Observations honeypot0

CISA KEV

FournisseurVMware

ProduitvCenter Server and Cloud Foundation

Nom vulnerabiliteVMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

Date ajout KEV2022-03-07

Date limite remediation2022-03-21

Utilise dans ransomwareUnknown

Produits affectes

vmware:cloud_foundationvmware:vcenter_server

Faiblesses (CWE)

CWE-918CWE-918

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html(security@vmware.com)

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21973(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

Correlations IOC

Aucune correlation enregistree

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