What is CVE-2021-40841?

CVE-2021-40841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liveconfig, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2021-40841?

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

Path Traversal in Liveconfig

CVE-2021-40841

A Path Traversal vulnerability for a log file in LiveConfig 2.12.2 allows authenticated attackers to read files on the underlying server.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-02-18 · 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: 0.011 (64.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Liveconfig

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

www.liveconfig.com/en/changelog/ (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
www.mgm-sp.com/en/liveconfig-2-12-2-vulnerabilities/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40841?: CVE-2021-40841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Liveconfig, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-40841?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.