CVE-2021-20031

Exp

A Host Header Redirection vulnerability in SonicOS potentially allows a remote attacker to redirect firewall management users to arbitrary web domains.

Published: 2021-10-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-20031 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.22%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-20031

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
50414 exploit_db edb 2021-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-20031

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 39.59% 36.22% -3.37%
2 2026-03-01 36.22% 39.59% +3.37%
3 2026-02-04 — 36.22% —

Full EPSS history (53 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-20031

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-20031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-20031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sonicwall sonicos <= 7.0.1-r1262 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 7.0.1-r1283 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 7.0.1-r579 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 6.5.4.7 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 6.5.1.12 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 6.0.5.3-94o cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sonicwall sonicos <= 5.9.1.13 cpe:2.3:o:sonicwall:sonicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-20031

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