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CVE-2021-4138

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or...

5.3 Medium

CVE-2021-4138 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Mozilla Geckodriver, published May 2, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.85%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
5.3 MediumCVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploit chance
0.85%EPSS, 58th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.85%Unchanged since May 3, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used5.3

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Record
CVE-2021-4138
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Record
CVE-2021-4138
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-34008No score

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Record
EUVD-2021-34008
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-2h28-m3qw-8www5.3

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or...

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Record
GHSA-2h28-m3qw-8www
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV5.3

Improved Host header checks to reject requests not sent to a well-known local hostname or IP, or the server-specified hostname.

Record
CVE-2021-4138
CVSS 3.1
5.3 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

References

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