CVE-2021-45901The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the…
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 14.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The password-reset form in ServiceNow Orlando provides different responses to invalid authentication attempts depending on whether the username exists.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- ServiceNow - Username Enumeration (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50741webapps, multiplepublished 16 Feb 2022Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 45 days later
· 45 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.3% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/servicenow-username-enumeration-vulnerability-cve-2021-45901/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165989/ServiceNow-Orlando-Username-Enumeration.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-32616 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-45901)Record last updated .