CVE-2021-21488
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with...
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
- Record
CVE-2021-21488- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8761
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8761- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g2rh-3q72-5cq4 No score
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with...
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
- Record
GHSA-g2rh-3q72-5cq4- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Knowledge Management versions 7.01, 7.02, 7.30, 7.31, 7.40, 7.50 allows a remote attacker with basic privileges to deserialize user-controlled data without verification, leading to insecure deserialization which triggers the attacker’s code, therefore impacting Availability.
- Record
CVE-2021-21488- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-502
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21488 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Sap Netweaver Knowledge Management, published March 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.