CVE-2021-31608
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
- Record
CVE-2021-31608- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
- Record
CVE-2021-31608- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-18497
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
- Record
EUVD-2021-18497- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wr5x-h3hw-v3xg
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
Proofpoint Enterprise Protection before 18.8.0 allows a Bypass of a Security Control.
- Record
GHSA-wr5x-h3hw-v3xg- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-31608 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Proofpoint Enterprise Protection, published November 17, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, the 40th percentile. No source names a fixed version.