Vulnerability Details CVE-2021-38289
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 58.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.8
CVSS v2 Score 6.5
References
- https://github.com/viperbluff/Novastar-VNNOX-iCare-Privilege-Escalation
- https://security.novaicare.com/advisory-cve-2021-38289.html
- https://twitter.com/viperbluff/status/1439941380244230150?s=20&t=iPSn8eNxaxUKis5OKSQJRQ
- https://github.com/viperbluff/Novastar-VNNOX-iCare-Privilege-Escalation
- https://twitter.com/viperbluff/status/1439941380244230150?s=20&t=iPSn8eNxaxUKis5OKSQJRQ