Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28959

Critical

Published: 30 April 2021

Published
30 April 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 0.2413 96.2th percentile
Risk Priority 34 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28959 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Zohocorp Manageengine Eventlog Analyzer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Zoho ManageEngine Eventlog Analyzer through 12147 is vulnerable to unauthenticated directory traversal via an entry in a ZIP archive. This leads to remote code execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

zohocorp
manageengine eventlog analyzer
12.1.4 · ≤ 12.1.4

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