What is CVE-2021-36801?

CVE-2021-36801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-36801?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Akaunting

CVE-2021-36801

Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from an authentication bypass issue in the user-controllable field, companies[0]. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published 2021-08-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Akaunting — versions 2.1.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilitie… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36801?: CVE-2021-36801 is a high-severity vulnerability in Akaunting, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2021-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-36801?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.