VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-4928

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-11-17
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

The flash-based vSphere Web Client (6.0 prior to 6.0 U3c and 5.5 prior to 5.5 U3f) i.e. not the new HTML5-based vSphere Client, contains SSRF and CRLF injection issues due to improper neutralization of URLs. An attacker may exploit these issues by sending a POST request with modified headers towards internal services leading to information disclosure.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
  • CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Primary references