What is CVE-2021-25961?

CVE-2021-25961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-09-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-25961?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm

CVE-2021-25961

In “SuiteCRM” application, v7.1.7 through v7.10.31 and v7.11-beta through v7.11.20 fail to properly invalidate password reset links that is associated with a deleted user id, which makes it possible for account takeover of any newly created user with the same user id.

Published 2021-09-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Salesagility Suitecrm — versions v7.1.7, v7.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25961 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/commit/7124482fe07ee164923d974456ed31e45f65e513 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/salesagility/SuiteCRM/commit/f463031bee59676d7d5be53bb32d551cd70a5648 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25961?: CVE-2021-25961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2021-09-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-25961?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.