What is CVE-2021-36471?

CVE-2021-36471 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adminlte.io Adminlte, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2021-36471?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-36471 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Adminlte.io Adminlte

CVE-2021-36471

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adminlte.io Adminlte — versions 3.1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

karimhabush/cyberowl

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36471?: CVE-2021-36471 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adminlte.io Adminlte, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-36471?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-36471 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.