Alfresco
CVE-2021-41792
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.3 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:alfresco-content-services through 6.2.2.18 and org.alfresco:alfresco-transform-services through 1.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:alfresco-content-services through 6.2.2.18 and org.alfresco:alfresco-transform-services through 1.3. A crafted HTML file, once uploaded, could trigger an unexpected request by the transformation engine. The response to the request is not available to the attacker, i.e., this is blind SSRF. Affected products include: Alfresco Alfresco Content Services, Alfresco Alfresco Transform Services. Version information: through 6.2.2.18.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Hyland org.alfresco:alfresco-content-services through 6.2.2.18 and org.alfresco:alfresco-transform-services through 1.3. A crafted HTML file, once uploaded, could trigger an unexpected request by the transformation engine. The response to the request is not available to the attacker, i.e., this is blind SSRF.
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EPSS
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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