Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 and below allows Directory Traversal.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-41381 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.33%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 7 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50371 | exploit_db | edb | 2021-10-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-03-29 | 79.47% | 84.33% | +4.86% |
| 2 | 2026-03-04 | 80.42% | 79.47% | -0.95% |
| 3 | 2026-03-01 | — | 80.42% | — |
Full EPSS history (56 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
|
3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| payara | micro_community | <= 5.2021.6 | cpe:2.3:a:payara:micro_community:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164365/Payara-Micro-Community-5.2021.6-Directory-Traversal.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169864/Payara-Platform-Path-Traversal.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Nov/11 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/Net-hunter121/CVE-2021-41381/blob/main/CVE:%202021-41381-POC | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50371 | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.payara.fish | Product Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-054.txt | Exploit Third Party Advisory |