What is CVE-2021-28969?

CVE-2021-28969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fireeye Email Malware Protection System, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-28969?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Fireeye Email Malware Protection System

CVE-2021-28969

eMPS 9.0.1.923211 on FireEye EX 3500 devices allows remote authenticated users to conduct SQL injection attacks via the sort_by parameter to the email search feature. According to the vendor, the issue is fixed in 9.0.3. NOTE: this is different from CVE-2020-25034 and affects newer versions of the software.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2021-04-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 69.6% 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

Fireeye Email Malware Protection System — versions 9.0.1.923211
Fireeye Ex 3500

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-005.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28969?: CVE-2021-28969 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fireeye Email Malware Protection System, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-28969?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.