What is CVE-2021-46897?

CVE-2021-46897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2021-46897?

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

Path Traversal in Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions

CVE-2021-46897

views.py in Wagtail CRX CodeRed Extensions (formerly CodeRed CMS or coderedcms) before 0.22.3 allows upward protected/..%2f..%2f path traversal when serving protected media.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-10-22 · 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: 0.007 (52.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/issues/448 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/pull/450 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/compare/v0.22.2...v0.22.3 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-46897?: CVE-2021-46897 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-46897?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.