CVE-2025-21202

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—Elevated

6.1

Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3: 6.1
EG Score: 6.1(medium)
EPSS: 46.0%
KEV: Not listed

Published

January 14, 2025

Last Modified

January 27, 2025

References (1)

secure@microsofthttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21202

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-284Improper Access Control

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Microsoft MSRCCVE-2025-212022025-01-14
Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-06 13:47 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-06 13:47 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-05 22:46 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-05 22:46 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-05 06:10 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-05 06:10 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-04 13:11 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-04 13:11 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-06-01 13:51 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 22:30 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 22:30 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-31 00:16 UTCepss_batch
2026-05-30 13:28 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 13:28 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 13:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

GitHub PoC7amzahard/CVE-2025-21202-exploit
First seen Nov 14, 2025
CVE-2025-12101 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway appliances when configured in certain roles (Gateway, AAA virtual server)
Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21202?

CVE-2025-21202 is a medium vulnerability published on January 14, 2025. Windows Recovery Environment Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

When was CVE-2025-21202 disclosed?

CVE-2025-21202 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on January 14, 2025, with the most recent update on January 27, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-21202 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-21202 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 46.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21202?

CVE-2025-21202 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-21202?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21202, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

See which npm, PyPI, Go, and Maven packages are affected by CVE-2025-21202

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2025-21202?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs

CVE-2025-21202

Published

Last Modified

References (1)

Weakness Classification(1)

All Vendor Advisories

Data Freshness Timeline

Publicly available exploits

Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2025-21202?

Same vendor

Same CWE

CVE-2025-21202

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (1)

Weakness Classification(1)

All Vendor Advisories

Data Freshness Timeline

Publicly available exploits

❓ Frequently asked(5)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2025-21202?

🔗 Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)

Same vendor

Same CWE

Published

Last Modified

References (1)

Frequently asked(5)

Related CVEs(same vendor + same CWE)