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CVE-2021-31827

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

In Progress MOVEit Transfer before 2021.0 (13.0), a SQL injection vulnerability has been found in the MOVEit Transfer web app that could allow an authenticated attacker to gain unauthorized access to MOVEit Transfer's database. Depending on the database engine being used (MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Azure SQL), an attacker may be able to infer information about the structure and contents of the database in addition to executing SQL statements that alter or destroy database elements. This is in MOVEit.DMZ.WebApp in SILHuman.vb.

Affected products

• Progress MOVEit Transfer: before 2021.0 — fixed in 2021.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Progress MOVEit Transfer 2021.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Vulnerability-April-2021
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Transfer2021/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm
• https://www.progress.com/moveit
• https://community.progress.com/s/article/MOVEit-Transfer-Vulnerability-April-2021
• https://docs.ipswitch.com/MOVEit/Transfer2021/ReleaseNotes/en/index.htm
• https://www.progress.com/moveit

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