CVE-2021-27759 Cross-site request forgery in HCL BigFix Inventory
An attacker can trick a victim into performing sensitive actions in HCL BigFix Inventory without their consent via a cross-site request forgery attack.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-27759?
CVE-2021-27759 is a low-severity vulnerability in HCL BigFix Inventory, published on 6 May 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
This vulnerability arises because the application allows the user to perform some sensitive action without verifying that the request was sent intentionally. An attacker can cause a victim's browser to emit an HTTP request to an arbitrary URL in the application.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-27759?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Hcltech Bigfix Inventory.
How do I fix CVE-2021-27759?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-27759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-27759 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-27759 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HCL BigFix Inventory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcw5-4759-g9vf.