CVE-2021-34820
Published: 19 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-34820 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Aat Novus Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 10.2% 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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-21467
Vulnerability details
Web Path Directory Traversal in the Novus HTTP Server. The Novus HTTP Server is affected by the Directory Traversal for Arbitrary File Access vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker using an HTTP GET request may be able to exploit this issue…
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to access sensitive data. The issue was discovered in the NMS (Novus Management System) software through 1.51.2
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.