What is CVE-2021-40887?

CVE-2021-40887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-40887?

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

Path Traversal in Projectsend

CVE-2021-40887

Projectsend version r1295 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. Because of lacking sanitization input for files[] parameter, an attacker can add ../ to move all PHP files or any file on the system that has permissions to /upl…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.4th 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

Projectsend — versions r1295
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-40887?: CVE-2021-40887 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Projectsend, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-40887?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.