Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-25833

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 01 March 2021

Published
01 March 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0963 93.1th percentile
Risk Priority 25 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-25833 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Onlyoffice Document Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 6.9% 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

A file extension handling issue was found in [server] module of ONLYOFFICE DocumentServer v4.2.0.71-v5.6.0.21. The file extension is controlled by an attacker through the request data and leads to arbitrary file overwriting. Using this vulnerability, a remote attacker can obtain…

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remote code execution on DocumentServer.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

onlyoffice
document server
4.2.0.71 — 5.6.0.21

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.

addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References