What is CVE-2021-33359?

CVE-2021-33359 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sensepost Gowitness, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-06-09.

How severe is CVE-2021-33359?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Sensepost Gowitness

CVE-2021-33359

A vulnerability exists in gowitness < 2.3.6 that allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file read using the file:// scheme in the url parameter to get an image of any file.

Published 2021-06-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sensepost Gowitness

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

twitter.com/leonjza/status/1395283512433971202 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/sensepost/gowitness/releases/tag/2.3.6 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33359?: CVE-2021-33359 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sensepost Gowitness, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-06-09.
How severe is CVE-2021-33359?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.