CVE-2021-41277
Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 December 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. This issue is fixed in a new maintenance release (0.40.5 and 1.40.5), and any subsequent release after that. If you’re unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 97.18% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 12 November 2024 · due 3 December 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-22
- Affected
- metabase/metabase
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
EPSS 97.2% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41277
References
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0Patch
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfrMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0Patch
- https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfrMitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-41277US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.