# CVE-2021-21973: VMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

> CVE-2021-21973: VMware vCenter Server and Cloud Foundation Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability. CVSS 5.3 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2021-21973
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:54Z

- Published: 2021-02-24 16:42 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25 UTC · Assigner: vmware
- CVSS: 5.3 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 88.0%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-03-07, federal due date 2022-03-21, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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).

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- n/a: VMware Cloud Foundation
- n/a: VMware vCenter Server

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-21973)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21973)
- [https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html](https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0002.html)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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