Medium severity · published Mar 15, 2022
CVE-2021-29134
The avatar middleware in Gitea before 1.13.6 allows Directory Traversal via a crafted URL
5.3
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The avatar middleware in Gitea before 1.13.6 allows Directory Traversal via a crafted URL.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Gitea · Gitea
before 1.13.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29134
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-29134
Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/15125/files
Patch
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.13.6
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