CVE-2021-20714 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache versions prior to 0.9.1.7 allows a remote attacker with administrator privileges to delete arbitrary files on the server via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2021-04-27

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 2.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Emre Vona

WP Fastest Cache

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`versions prior to 0.9.1.7`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpfastestcache:wp_fastest_cache:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-8129	Directory traversal vulnerability in WP Fastest Cache versions prior to 0.9.1.7 allows a remote attacker with administrator privileges to delete arbitrary files on the server via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02625.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN35240327/index.html
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fastest-cache/
https://www.wpfastestcache.com/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Wpfastestcache Wp Fastest Cache

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2021-04-27T05:42:33.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:53:21.259Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20714

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-04-27T06:15:07.800

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:34:18.360

Link: CVE-2021-20714

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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