diff --git a/src/Components/SmartComponents/CVEs/CVEs.js b/src/Components/SmartComponents/CVEs/CVEs.js
index 567f9402f..d09b4975a 100644
--- a/src/Components/SmartComponents/CVEs/CVEs.js
+++ b/src/Components/SmartComponents/CVEs/CVEs.js
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ export const CVEs = ({ rbac }) => {
     const dispatch = useDispatch();
     const [CveStatusModal, setStatusModal] = useState(() => () => null);
     const [CveBusinessRiskModal, setBusinessRiskModal] = useState(() => () => null);
-    const [isFirstLoad, setFirstLoad] = useState(true);
+
+    // This state causes a re-render when updateRef is called in <BusinessRiskModal> and <StatusModal>
+    // to fetch the updated status of the CVEs
+    const [causeARerender, setCauseARerender] = useState(false);
 
     const [[
         canEditStatusOrBusinessRisk,
@@ -81,14 +84,9 @@ export const CVEs = ({ rbac }) => {
     }, [shouldUseHybridSystemFilter]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        if (isFirstLoad) {
-            setFirstLoad(false);
-        }
-        else {
-            dispatch(fetchCveListByAccount(parameters, shouldUseHybridSystemFilter));
-            setUrlParam({ ...parameters });
-        }
-    }, [parameters, isFirstLoad, shouldUseHybridSystemFilter]);
+        dispatch(fetchCveListByAccount(parameters, shouldUseHybridSystemFilter));
+        setUrlParam({ ...parameters });
+    }, [parameters, causeARerender, shouldUseHybridSystemFilter]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
         return () => {
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ export const CVEs = ({ rbac }) => {
             <BusinessRiskModal
                 cves={cvesList}
                 updateRef={() => {
-                    setFirstLoad(true);
+                    setCauseARerender(!causeARerender);
                     dispatch(clearCVEsStore());
                     updateRef(goToFirstPage ? { ...meta, page: 1 } : meta, parameters, apply);
                 }}
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ export const CVEs = ({ rbac }) => {
                 cves={cvesList}
                 canEditPairStatus={canEditPairStatus}
                 updateRef={() => {
-                    setFirstLoad(true);
+                    setCauseARerender(!causeARerender);
                     dispatch(clearCVEsStore());
                     updateRef(goToFirstPage ? { ...meta, page: 1 } : meta, parameters, apply);
                 }}