CVE-2021-45467

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

70.74% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-12-26 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-12 00:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-12-23

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-862Missing AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fa71db4a005c217da7d472582c1538218e6b2948119e01b64a2342316e178c10

• control-webpanel.comhttps://control-webpanel.com/changelog
• octagon.nethttps://octagon.net/blog/2022/01/22/cve-2021-45467-cwp-centos-web-panel-preauth-rce/