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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2021-41381 in the critical feed json

Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 and below allows Directory Traversal.

published 2021-09-23 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-28409

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
52.9%
EPSS 52.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 and below allows Directory Traversal.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-50371)

Exploit prediction

52.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50371 Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 - Directory Traversal webapps, 2021-10-04
  • Nuclei template Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 Directory Traversal nuclei detection template
  • syss.de https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-054.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164365/Payara-Micro-Community-5.2021.6-Directory-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Net-hunter121/CVE-2021-41381/blob/main/CVE:%202021-41381-POC referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Nov/11 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169864/Payara-Platform-Path-Traversal.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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.