CVE-2021-21993 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Severity

65%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

60%

The vCenter Server contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability due to improper validation of URLs in vCenter Server Content Library. An authorised user with access to content library may exploit this issue by sending a POST request to vCenter Server leading to information disclosure.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 3 years ago

2021-09-23 12:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-09-27 18:53:00

Affected Software

VMware Cloud Foundation

VMware VCenter Server 6.5

6.5

VMWare vCenter Server 6.7

6.7

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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