CVE-2021-21973 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Severity

53%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

23%

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).

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 5.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 3 years ago

2021-02-24 17:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-08-24 10:59:00

Affected Software

VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware VCenter Server 6.5

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update A

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update B

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update C

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update D

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update E

6.5

VMware vCenter Server 6.5 Update F

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U1d

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U1e

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U1g

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U2

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U2b

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U2c

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U2d

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U2g

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U3

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.5 U3d

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 a

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 b

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 d

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U1

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U1b

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U2

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U2a

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U2c

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U3

6.7

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7 U3a

6.7

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