CVE-2021-20250

A flaw was found in wildfly. The JBoss EJB client has publicly accessible privileged actions which may lead to information disclosure on the server it is deployed on. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

Published: 2021-05-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-20250 is rated Low Risk (35/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-20250

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 2026-06-15 0.29% 0.74% +0.45%
2 2026-05-19 0.17% 0.29% +0.12%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-20250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 1.4 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-20250

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2021-20250

GHSA-2259-h742-5vr4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — JBoss EJB Client information disclosure vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-20250

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20250

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-20250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss-ejb-client < 4.0.39 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss-ejb-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform_expansion_pack — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_expansion_pack:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-20250

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1929479 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence