What is CVE-2021-25323?

CVE-2021-25323 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Misp, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-01-19.

How severe is CVE-2021-25323?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Misp

CVE-2021-25323

The default setting of MISP 2.4.136 did not enable the requirements (aka require_password_confirmation) to provide the previous password when changing a password.

Published 2021-01-19 · last modified 2026-06-22.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Misp — versions 2.4.136
Misp-Project Misp — versions 2.4.136

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

github.com/MISP/MISP/commit/afbf95a478b6e94f532ca0776c79da1b08be7eed (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25323?: CVE-2021-25323 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Misp, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2021-01-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-25323?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.