Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-22049
CVE-2021-22049
Description
The vSphere Web Client (FLEX/Flash) contains an SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) vulnerability in the vSAN Web Client (vSAN UI) plug-in. A malicious actor with network access to port 443 on vCenter Server may exploit this issue by accessing a URL request outside of vCenter Server or accessing an internal service.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- VMware/vSphere Web Clientdescription
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References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0027.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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