VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-21517

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability1.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-03-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:L

Description

SRS Policy Manager 6.X is affected by an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) vulnerability due to a misconfigured XML parser that processes user-supplied DTD input without sufficient validation. A remote unauthenticated attacker can potentially exploit this vulnerability to read system files as a non-root user and may be able to temporarily disrupt the ESRS service.

Weakness classification

  • security_alert@emc.com: CWE-611
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-611

Primary references