This vulnerability arises because the application allows the user to perform some sensitive action without verifying that the request was s…

published 2022-05-06 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-14500

cvss: 2.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

hcltech bigfix_inventory 10.0.7.0

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Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C/CR:L/IR:L/AR:L/MAV:A/MAC:H/MPR:L/MUI:R/MS:U/MC:X/MI:N/MA:N
CNA	3.1	2.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

HCL Software HCL BigFix Inventory

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

References

support.hcltechsw.com /csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0098006
mitigation, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-27759
NVD CVE-2021-27759

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