CVE-2021-42342
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 77.6%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 9.8/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
None (N)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Partial
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Description
An issue was discovered in GoAhead 4.x and 5.x before 5.1.5. In the file upload filter, user form variables can be passed to CGI scripts without being prefixed with the CGI prefix. This permits tunneling untrusted environment variables into vulnerable CGI scripts.
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Sources
CWEs
Exploits
Exploit ID: CVE-2021-42342
Source: github-poc
URL: https://github.com/kimusan/goahead-webserver-pre-5.1.5-RCE-PoC-CVE-2021-42342-
Vulnerable Software (1)
Type: Configuration
Vendor: embedthis
Product: goahead
Operating System: * * *
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndIncluding": "4.1.3", "versionStartIncluding": "4.0.0", "vulnerable": true },...
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndIncluding": "4.1.3", "versionStartIncluding": "4.0.0", "vulnerable": true }, { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:embedthis:goahead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "5.1.5", "versionStartIncluding": "5.0.0", "vulnerable": true } ], "operator": "OR"}
Source: nvd