CVE-2021-45007
Published: 20 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-45007 is a medium-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Plesk Plesk. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 38.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-31805
Vulnerability details
Plesk 18.0.37 is affected by a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows an attacker to insert data on the user and admin panel. NOTE: the vendor states that this is only a site-specific problem on websites of one…
more
or more Plesk users
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.