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TI-2021-17407 Aliases CVE-2021-40335GHSA-5536-vjqw-29vh

Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Hitachi Energy’s MSM Product

Priority LOW 37CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

A vulnerability exists in the HTTP web interface where the web interface does not sufficiently verify if a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This cause a Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF), which if exploited could lead an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the web application and perform an unwanted operation on it without the knowledge of the legitimate user. An attacker, who successfully makes an MSM user who has already established a session to MSM web interface clicks a forged link to the MSM web interface, e.g., link is sent per E-Mail, could perform harmful command on MSM through its web server interface. This issue affects: Hitachi Energy MSM V2.2 and prior versions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00228 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Hitachi EnergyMSMv2.2 – V2.2—No fix listedCNA
  • MSM VendorHitachi Energy Affected v2.2 – V2.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:modular_switchgear_monitoring_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.2.0VulnerableHitachi Energy
cpe:2.3:h:hitachienergy:modular_switchgear_monitoring:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onHitachi Energy
  • cpe:2.3:o:hitachienergy:modular_switchgear_monitoring_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.2.0 Vulnerable ·Hitachi Energy
  • cpe:2.3:h:hitachienergy:modular_switchgear_monitoring:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Hitachi Energy

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-40335
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5536-vjqw-29vh

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-03099 IEC 61850 MMS-Server Vulnerability in multiple Hitachi Energy Products CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-17408 HTTP Response Splitting in Hitachi Energy’s MSM Product CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-08743 Specially Crafted IEC 61850 Protocol Sequence Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences