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CVE-2021-36471

Published: Feb 7, 2023Updated: Apr 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.7%
Top 24.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs. Note: AdminLTE developers dispute that this a weakness with AdminLTE and is instead a misconfiguration error on various websites by the website developers.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

adminlte.io
adminlteOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / site-builder
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://gist.github.com/cybersaki/31ffe679a5552c1047164e3a5b01c2fd
gist.github.com
https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/issues/4948
github.com

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