Path Traversal in Crowcpp Crow

CVE-2021-23514

This affects the package Crow before 0.3+4. It is possible to traverse directories to fetch arbitrary files from the server.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Crowcpp Crow
N/a Crow — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Kirill89/Kirill89

References

report@snyk.io (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
report@snyk.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
report@snyk.io (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23514?: CVE-2021-23514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crowcpp Crow, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-23514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-23514 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.