# CVE-2021-27852: Checkbox Survey Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability

> CVE-2021-27852: Checkbox Survey Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2021-27852
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:44Z

- Published: 2021-05-27 20:55 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25 UTC · Assigner: certcc
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 30.3%, 98th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-04-11, federal due date 2022-05-02, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in CheckboxWeb.dll of Checkbox Survey allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. This issue affects: Checkbox Survey versions prior to 7.

## CISA required action

Versions 6 and earlier for this product are end-of-life and must be removed from agency networks. Versions 7 and later are not considered vulnerable.

## Affected vendors and products

- Checkbox: Survey

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-27852)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27852)
- [https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/706695](https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/706695)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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