CVE-2021-42237
CRITICAL KEV RANSOMWARE NUCLEISitecore Experience Platform - Insecure Deserialization
Title source: ruleDescription
Sitecore XP 7.5 Initial Release to Sitecore XP 8.2 Update-7 is vulnerable to an insecure deserialization attack where it is possible to achieve remote command execution on the machine. No authentication or special configuration is required to exploit this vulnerability.
Exploits (6)
nomisec
WORKING POC
1 stars
by vesperp · remote
https://github.com/vesperp/CVE-2021-42237-SiteCore-XP
metasploit
WORKING POC
EXCELLENT
by AssetNote, gwillcox-r7 · rubypocwin
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/sitecore_xp_cve_2021_42237.rb
Nuclei Templates (1)
Sitecore Experience Platform Pre-Auth RCE
CRITICALby pdteam
Shodan:
http.title:"SiteCore" || http.title:"sitecore"
FOFA:
title="sitecore"
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://sitecore.com
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1000776
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.assetnote.io/2021/11/02/sitecore-rce/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164988/Sitecore-Experience-Platform-XP-Remote-Code-Execution.html
US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-42237
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.9437
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-03-25
VulnCheck KEV
2022-03-25
InTheWild.io
2021-11-05
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2021-29215
Ransomware Use
Confirmed
CWE
CWE-502
Status
published
Products (4)
sitecore/experience_platform
7.5 (3 CPE variants)
sitecore/experience_platform
8.0 (9 CPE variants)
sitecore/experience_platform
8.1 (4 CPE variants)
sitecore/experience_platform
8.2 (8 CPE variants)
Published
Nov 05, 2021
KEV Added
Mar 25, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026