How severe is CVE-2023-21715?

CVE-2023-21715 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 12.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-21715: Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-02-14

Remediation due

2023-03-07

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715

Description

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA7.3 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise	16.0.1 to <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

References

1 Links

Vendor advisories

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Record Details

Published

2023-02-14

Last updated

2026-08-19

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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