CVE-2021-22016

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware vCenter Server, VMware Cloud Foundation	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.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2021-0020.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 23, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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