CVE-2021-4201 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2021-4201

Pre-authentication session hijacking

Vulnerability Description

Missing access control in ForgeRock Access Management 7.1.0 and earlier versions on all platforms allows remote unauthenticated attackers to hijack sessions, including potentially admin-level sessions. This issue affects: ForgeRock Access Management 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.1; 6.5 versions prior to 6.5.4; all previous versions.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Escourbiac Maxime and Schmitt Maxence from Mitchelin CERT

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Access Management
Vulnerable Versions:
7.1, 6.5

Timeline

Official Publish: February 14th, 2022
Last Modified: April 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-284

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1078 Valid Accounts
Persistence
T1213 Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact