CVE-2021-40887

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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 /upload/files/ folder.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-22

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 11, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-40887: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix