What is CVE-2021-40680?

CVE-2021-40680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Articatech Web Proxy, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2021-40680?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Articatech Web Proxy

CVE-2021-40680

There is a Directory Traversal vulnerability in Artica Proxy (4.30.000000 SP206 through SP255, and VMware appliance 4.30.000000 through SP273) via the filename parameter to /cgi-bin/main.cgi.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (71.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Articatech Web Proxy — versions 4.30.000000

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/Apr/39 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40680?: CVE-2021-40680 is a high-severity vulnerability in Articatech Web Proxy, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2022-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2021-40680?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.