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CVE-2021-41381

72
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41381 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Payara Micro Community versions 5.2021.6 and earlier. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to access sensitive information on the server with low attack complexity. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, including a Metasploit module and Nuclei templates, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite the availability of exploits, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2021.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:payara:micro_community:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
52.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2021-41381 · Sep 30, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-50371 · Oct 4, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5293 is in the 98th 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/164365/Payara-Micro-Community-5.2021.6-Directory-Traversal.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/169864/Payara-Platform-Path-Traversal.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2022/Nov/11
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / Net-hunter121/CVE-2021-41381/blob/main/CVE:%202021-41381-POC
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/50371
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
payara.fish
ProductVendor Advisory
syss.de / fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-054.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory