{"id":"CVE-2021-40964","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-40964","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:37:58.383Z","title":"A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the \"fullpath\" parameter containing path traversal strings…","description":"A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the \"fullpath\" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..\\) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.","published":"2021-09-15T18:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:07:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["prasathmani/tiny file manager"],"epss":{"score":0.08235,"percentile":0.94856,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2022-03-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":50828,"kind":"exploit","title":"Tiny File Manager 2.4.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50828","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/50828.sh","file":"exploits/php/webapps/50828.sh","published":"2022-03-16","added":"2022-03-16","updated":"2022-03-16","author":"FEBIN MON SAJI","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2021-45010","CVE-2021-40964"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166330/Tiny-File-Manager-2.4.6-Shell-Upload.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/omriinbar/953368dcdd9e5eeefd83920166099528","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager","tags":["Product","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166330/Tiny-File-Manager-2.4.6-Shell-Upload.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://gist.github.com/omriinbar/953368dcdd9e5eeefd83920166099528","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager","tags":["Product","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40964","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}