CVE-2021-43397

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-522

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164997/LiquidFiles-3.5.13-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/40Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/52Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://forum.liquidfiles.com/forums/news.6/Vendor Advisory
https://man.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_3-6-x.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164997/LiquidFiles-3.5.13-Privilege-Escalation.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/40Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Nov/52Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://forum.liquidfiles.com/forums/news.6/Vendor Advisory
https://man.liquidfiles.com/release_notes/version_3-6-x.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

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

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