CVE•Published 2022-07-12•Modified 2026-04-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2021-38289Novastar · Novaicare

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 41% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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.

Timeline

Published 2022-07-12

Modified 2026-04-07

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2021-38289

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product + version

product:"Novastar Novaicare" version:"7.16.0"

Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Novaicare"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Novaicare" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2021-38289