CVE-2021-38289

high

Description

An issue has been discovered in Novastar-VNNOX-iCare Novaicare 7.16.0 that gives attacker privilege escalation and allows attackers to view corporate information and SMTP server details, delete users, view roles, and other unspecified impacts. NOTE: As of April 2026, the vendor has officially decommissioned the affected legacy endpoints and associated services. The vulnerability is mitigated as the functional logic is no longer operational and the URLs have been removed from production.

References

https://twitter.com/viperbluff/status/1439941380244230150?s=20&t=iPSn8eNxaxUKis5OKSQJRQ

https://security.novaicare.com/advisory-cve-2021-38289.html

https://github.com/viperbluff/Novastar-VNNOX-iCare-Privilege-Escalation

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2022-07-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00074