CVE-2024-21320
Windows Themes Spoofing Vulnerability
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Windows Themes Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 22.60% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 22 March 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 10 1507 · microsoft/windows 10 1607 · microsoft/windows 10 1809 · microsoft/windows 10 21h2 · microsoft/windows 10 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016 · microsoft/windows server 2019 · microsoft/windows server 2022
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 22.6% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21320Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-21320Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-21320-detection-script-windows-themes-spoofing-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-21320-mitigation-script-windows-themes-spoofing-vulnerability
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.