Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Metasys System Configuration Tool (SCT) and Metasys System Configuration Tool Pro (SCT Pro) - CVE-2021-36203
Published: April 22, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU62489
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-36203
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
Affected software
Metasys System Configuration Tool (SCT)
Metasys System Configuration Tool Pro (SCT Pro)
Metasys System Configuration Tool Pro (SCT Pro)
How to mitigate CVE-2021-36203
Install updates from vendor's website.
Metasys System Configuration Tool (SCT) - update to 14.2.2
Metasys System Configuration Tool Pro (SCT Pro) - update to 14.2.2
Metasys System Configuration Tool Pro (SCT Pro) - update to 14.2.2