Accela provides a focused suite of government and civic-process software platforms, including its Civic Platform and Automation Platform products, which handle permitting, licensing, and citizen-facing service delivery for municipalities and agencies. Vulnerabilities affecting the vendor skew toward serious outcomes and frequently acquire public exploit code; the recurring exposure centers on web application weaknesses—cross-site scripting, code injection, path traversal, and improper access control—that arise from the platforms' role in handling citizen requests and government data. Defenders managing Accela deployments should prioritize patching for internet-exposed instances and review access controls around sensitive permit and licensing workflows; current severity and exploitation activity are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Accela over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
6 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-34370MEDIUM Accela Civic Platform through 20.1 allows ssoAdapter/logoutAction.do successURL XSS. NOTE: the vendor states "there are configurable security flags and we are unable to reproduce t | Jun 9, 2021 | 6.1 | 42 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-33904MEDIUM In Accela Civic Platform through 21.1, the security/hostSignon.do parameter servProvCode is vulnerable to XSS. NOTE: The vendor states "there are configurable security flags and we | Jun 7, 2021 | 6.1 | 42 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-34369MEDIUM portlets/contact/ref/refContactDetail.do in Accela Civic Platform through 20.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a modified contactSeqNumber value. NOTE: | Jun 9, 2021 | 6.5 | 34 | NO | YES |
CVE-2025-57644CRITICAL Accela Automation Platform 22.2.3.0.230103 contains multiple vulnerabilities in the Test Script feature. An authenticated administrative user can execute arbitrary Java code on the | Sep 19, 2025 | 9.1 | 32 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-5661HIGH Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal relies on the client to restrict file types for uploads, which allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via modified | Jul 15, 2016 | 8.8 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-5660MEDIUM Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in AttachmentsList.aspx in Accela Civic Platform Citizen Access portal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via t | Jul 15, 2016 | 6.1 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (6 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Accela.
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