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high 8.8

CVE-2021-31195 in the critical feed json

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-18108

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.7%
EPSS 73.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19 15.01.2176.014
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8 15.02.0792.015
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 9 15.02.0858.012
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 20 15.01.2242.010
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23 15.00.1497.018

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

73.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template Microsoft Exchange Server - Cross-Site Scripting nuclei detection template

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 9
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 20
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
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References

Sources

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