Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40960

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 01 October 2021

Published
01 October 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 0.7376 98.8th percentile
Risk Priority 64 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40960 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Galera Galera Webtemplate. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1.2% 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

Vulnerability details

Galera WebTemplate 1.0 is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability that could reveal information from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

galera
galera webtemplate
1.0

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