Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2021-21307

lucee lucee_server Missing Authorization

Published Nov 29, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 29, 2023 · lucee lucee_server Missing Authorization

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CVE-2021-21307 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm lucee lucee_server Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
89.19%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor lucee lucee_server

Lucee Server is a dynamic, Java based (JSR-223), tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. In Lucee Admin before versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5.3.5.96 there is an unauthenticated remote code exploit. This is fixed in versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5.3.5.96. As a workaround, one can block access to the Lucee Administrator. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

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  • vendor lucee lucee_serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-21307

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-21307 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm lucee lucee_server Missing Authorization against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 89.19%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 29, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Lucee Server is a dynamic, Java based (JSR-223), tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. In Lucee Admin before versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5.3.5.96 there is an unauthenticated remote code exploit. This is fixed in versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5.3.5.96. As a workaround, one can block access to the Lucee Administrator. Initial-access exploit intelligence.

  2. Nov 29, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-21307

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-21307

    30-day exploitation probability 89.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-21307

    Lucee Server is a dynamic, Java based (JSR-223), tag and scripting language used for rapid web application development. In Lucee Admin before versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5.3.5.96 there is an unauthenticated remote code exploit. This is fixed in versions 5.3.7.47, 5.3.6.68 or 5

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.