CVE-2021-41381

HIGH NUCLEI

Payara Micro Community < 5.2021.6 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 2 public exploits for CVE-2021-41381. PoCs published by Yasser Khan, Net-hunter121. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6. It provides steps to exploit the vulnerability by accessing sensitive files via a crafted URL path.

Description

Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 and below allows Directory Traversal.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by Yasser Khan · textwebappsmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50371

This is a writeup describing a directory traversal vulnerability in Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6. It provides steps to exploit the vulnerability by accessing sensitive files via a crafted URL path.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the target application URL
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
nomisec WRITEUP 2 stars
by Net-hunter121 · poc
https://github.com/Net-hunter121/CVE-2021-41381

The repository contains only a README.md file claiming a PoC for CVE-2021-41381 (Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 - Directory Traversal) but lacks actual exploit code or technical details.

Classification
Writeup 30%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Theoretical
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to vulnerable Payara Micro instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

Payara Micro Community 5.2021.6 Directory Traversal
HIGHby pikpikcu

References (7)

Core 7

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.5293
EPSS Percentile 98.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (1)
payara/micro_community < 5.2021.6
Published Sep 23, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026