CVE-2021-36761
Qlik Sense vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The GeoAnalytics feature in Qlik Sense April 2020 patch 4 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability. This vulnerability was assigned CVE-2021-36761 and was disclosed on July 16, 2021 (CVE Details).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability is network accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs no privileges or user interaction, and can result in low confidentiality impact without affecting integrity or availability. The weakness is categorized as CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks through the GeoAnalytics feature, potentially leading to unauthorized access to internal resources or information disclosure (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability is network accessible and requires low attack complexity with no authentication needed, making it relatively straightforward to exploit (NVD).

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