CVE-2021-31216

Siren Investigate before 11.1.1 contains a server side request forgery (SSRF) defect in the built-in image proxy route (which is enabled by default). An attacker with access to the Investigate installation can specify an arbitrary URL in the parameters of the image proxy route and fetch external URLs as the Investigate process on the host.

Published: 2021-07-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-31216 is rated Moderate Risk (50.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.72%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-31216

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 0.18% 0.72% +0.54%
2 2025-03-30 0.35% 0.18% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 0.35%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-31216

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 5.2 [email protected]
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-31216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-31216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
siren investigate < 11.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:siren:investigate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-31216

URL Tags
https://community.siren.io/c/announcements Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://docs.siren.io/siren-platform-user-guide/11.1/release-notes.html Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
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