Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-24689

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 28 February 2022

Published
28 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0085 75.3th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-24689 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wpeverest Contact Form. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 24.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Contact Forms - Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder WordPress plugin through 1.0.5 allows high privilege users to download arbitrary files from the web server via a path traversal attack

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

wpeverest
contact form
≤ 1.0.5

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References