CVE-2021-22016

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 0.90 % · percentile 59 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2021-09-23
Updated: 2024-08-03
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Modified

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.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM 6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2021-9185
GCVE · GCVE-0-2021-22016

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2021-AVI-724 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 3.0 < 5.0
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation	affected VMware vCenter Server 6.7 before 6.7 U3o and VMware Cloud Foundation 3.x before 3.10.2.2

References

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

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD