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CVE-2021-33766

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33766 is a critical information disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it presents a low-complexity, unauthenticated network attack vector that can lead to complete confidentiality compromise. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in CISA's KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of its use in state-sponsored operations. While no Metasploit or ExploitDB modules exist, Nuclei templates for an authentication bypass related to this vulnerability are 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

7.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
97.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jan 18, 2022
Nuclei: CVE-2021-33766 · Oct 10, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9750 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 9Fixed in: 15.02.0858.010
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 20Fixed in: 15.01.2242.008
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23Fixed in: 15.00.1497.015
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19Fixed in: 15.01.2176.012
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8Fixed in: 15.02.0792.013
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Jul/CVE-2021-33766Important

Microsoft Exchange Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Jul 13, 2021

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-33766
PatchVendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-21-798
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry