What is CVE-2021-37469?

CVE-2021-37469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nch Webdictate, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-37469?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Nch Webdictate

CVE-2021-37469

In NCH WebDictate v2.13 and earlier, authenticated users can abuse logprop?file=/.. path traversal to read files on the filesystem.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2021-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (68.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 68.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Nch Webdictate

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/0xfml/poc/blob/main/NCH/WebDictate_2.13_LFI.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.nch.com.au/webdictate/index.html (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37469?: CVE-2021-37469 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Nch Webdictate, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-37469?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.