CVE-2021-42009

low-risk
Published 2021-10-12

An authenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user with Portal-level privileges can send a request with a specially-crafted email subject to the /deliveryservices/request Traffic Ops endpoint to send an email, from the Traffic Ops server, with an arbitrary body to an arbitrary email address. Apache Traffic Control 5.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3 or 6.0.0. 4.1.x users should upgrade to 5.1.3.

Do I need to act?

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0.66% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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4
CVSS 4.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Traffic Control

Affected Vendors

25
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal