CVE-2021-29447

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Publication date:

15/04/2021

Last modified:

27/10/2022

Description

Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to internal files is possible in a successful XXE attack. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via a minor release. We strongly recommend you keep auto-updates enabled.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::	5.6.0 (including)	5.7.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

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CVE-2021-29447

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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