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CVE-2021-31195

78
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-31195 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server. With a CVSS score of 8.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction. While not listed in CISA KEV, its EPSS score of 0.785 indicates a high probability of exploitation, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, though no public exploit code like Metasploit or ExploitDB entries are currently available.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_23:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2019:cumulative_update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-31195 · Aug 17, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7368 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19Fixed in: 15.01.2176.014
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8Fixed in: 15.02.0792.015
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 9Fixed in: 15.02.0858.012
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 20Fixed in: 15.01.2242.010
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23Fixed in: 15.00.1497.018
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-May/CVE-2021-31195Important

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 11, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-31195
PatchVendor Advisory