CVE-2021-21973: VMware vSphere - Server-Side Request Forgery
VMware · VMware vCenter Server
Affected: VMware vCenter Server · Exploitation: in CISA KEV since 7 Mar 2022
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
ExploitationIn CISA KEV
- In CISA KEVCISA KEV catalogue7 Mar 2022
- Exploited (reported): not seen
- Scanning observed: not seen
- Proof of concept public: not seen
- Not established: not seen
Higher than 99% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
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).
Affected products2
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- VMware vCenter Server7.x before 7.0 U1c; 6.7 before 6.7 U3l; 6.5 before 6.5 U3n
- VMware Cloud Foundation4.x before 4.2; 3.x before 3.10.1.2
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue.
- CISA KEV
- Listed since 7 Mar 2022 · catalogue entry
- Public check
- VMware vSphere - Server-Side Request Forgery · nuclei template in projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates
- Weakness
- Server-Side Request Forgery
- Vendor
- VMware
- Published
- February 2021
What changed
- CISA added it to the KEV catalogue CISA
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2021-21973 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.