CVE-2021-22016 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The vCenter Server contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a lack of input sanitization. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute malicious scripts by tricking a victim into clicking a malicious link.

Published: 2021-09-23

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware vCenter Server 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x before 3.10.2.2`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9185	The vCenter Server contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a lack of input sanitization. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute malicious scripts by tricking a victim into clicking a malicious link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01234.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Vmware Cloud Foundation Vcenter Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2021-09-23T12:12:54.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:23.944Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22016

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-23T13:15:08.150

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:49:26.707

Link: CVE-2021-22016

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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