What is CVE-2021-45255?

CVE-2021-45255 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Video Sharing Website Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-45255?

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

SQL Injection in Video Sharing Website Project

CVE-2021-45255

The email parameter from ajax.php of Video Sharing Website 1.0 appears to be vulnerable to SQL injection attacks. A payload injects a SQL sub-query that calls MySQL's load_file function with a UNC file path that references a URL on an external domain. The application interacted with that domain, indicating that the injected SQL query was executed.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.015 (72.3th 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

Video_sharing_website_project Video_sharing_website — versions 1.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45255?: CVE-2021-45255 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Video Sharing Website Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-45255?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.