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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2021-31209 json

Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability

published 2021-05-11 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-18122

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Microsoft Exchange Server Spoofing Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • 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
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19 15.01.2176.014
  • Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8 15.02.0792.015

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.