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CVE-2021-40887

Published: Oct 11, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
2.3%
Top 19.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Projectsend version r1295 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. Because of lacking sanitization input for files[] parameter, an attacker can add ../ to move all PHP files or any file on the system that has permissions to /upload/files/ folder.

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

n/an/a
projectsendprojectsend
On-prem
Enterprise Software / collaboration-groupware
projectsendoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka projects end, projectsend/projectsend

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
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References

https://github.com/projectsend/projectsend/issues/994
github.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 11, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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