Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-43099

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 28 March 2022

Published
28 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0061 70.2th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-43099 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Diyhi Bbs. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 29.8% 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

An Archive Extraction (AKA "Zip Slip) vulnerability exists in bbs 5.3 in the UpgradeNow function in UpgradeManageAction.java, which unzips the arbitrary upladed zip file without checking filenames. The vulnerability is exploited using a specially crafted archive that holds directory traversal…

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filenames (e.g. ../../evil.exe).

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

diyhi
bbs
5.3

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.

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