CVE-2021-41807 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Lack of rate limiting in M-Files Server and M-Files Web products with versions before 21.12.10873.0 in certain type of user accounts allows unlimited amount of attempts and therefore makes brute-forcing login accounts easier.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
M-files	M-files Server M-files Web

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:m-files:m-files_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:m-files:m-files_web::::::::

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://empower.m-files.com/security-advisories/CVE-2021-41807
https://www.m-files.com/about/trust-center/security-vulnerabilities/cve-2021-41807/

History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://empower.m-files.com/security-advisories/CVE-2021-41807

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: M-Files Corporation

Published: 2022-01-18T16:51:50.929Z

Updated: 2026-02-23T07:49:22.819Z

Reserved: 2021-09-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41807

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-18T17:15:08.837

Modified: 2026-02-23T08:16:10.610

Link: CVE-2021-41807

Redhat

No data.

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