CVE-2021-21517 HIGH

CVE-2021-21517

Vendor Dell
Product SRS Policy Manager
Weakness CWE-611 · XXE
Published March 1, 2021
Last update September 17, 2024

CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 1, 2021 CVE published
September 17, 2024 Record updated