CVE-2021-21973

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-21973
  • Assigner
  • security@vmware.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-02-24T17:15:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-08-24T10:59:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-918 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/918.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.0 3.10.1.2
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.0 4.2
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:e:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:f:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1e:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update1g:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update2g:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3f:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:update3k:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update1b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update2c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3f:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3g:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:update3j:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:b:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:c:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:d:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:update1a:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 1.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21973
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-21973
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 22:42:50 2021-02-24T17:15Z 2021-02-24T17:15:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 22:42:50 2021-08-24T10:59:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 22:42:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated