CVE-2021-22016: VMware Cloud Foundation

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The vCenter Server contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability due to a lack of input sanitization. An attacker may exploit this issue to execute malicious scripts by tricking a victim into clicking a malicious link.

Affected products

  • VMware Cloud Foundation: from 3.0, before 5.0 (fixed in 5.0)
  • VMware vCenter Server: version 6.7 only

Published 2021-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.