CVE-2021-45901
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid...
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
- Record
CVE-2021-45901- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
- Record
CVE-2021-45901- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32616 No score
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32616- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h956-vg6m-c6mm No score
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid...
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
- Record
GHSA-h956-vg6m-c6mm- Weakness
- CWE-203
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | ServiceNow - Username Enumeration | 2022-02-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | 9lyph/CVE-2021-45901 | 2021-09-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-45901 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Servicenow, published February 10, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories
packetstormsecurity.com/files/165989/ServiceNow-Orlando-Username-Enumeration.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45901
github.com/advisories/GHSA-h956-vg6m-c6mm