CVE-2021-40335 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-40335: Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Hitachi Energy’s MSM Product

Vendor Hitachi Energy
Product MSM
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published July 25, 2022
Last update September 16, 2024

CVSS base score

5.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability exists in the HTTP web interface where the web interface does not sufficiently verify if a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This cause a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF), which if exploited could lead an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the web application and perform an unwanted operation on it without the knowledge of the legitimate user. An attacker, who successfully makes an MSM user who has already established a session to MSM web interface clicks a forged link to the MSM web interface, e.g., link is sent per E-Mail, could perform harmful command on MSM through its web server interface. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy MSM V2.2 and prior versions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

July 25, 2022 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated

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