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CVE-2021-33199In Expression Engine before 6.0.3, addonIcon in Addons/file/mod.file.php relies on the untrusted input value of input->get('file') instead…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 1.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 28% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In Expression Engine before 6.0.3, addonIcon in Addons/file/mod.file.php relies on the untrusted input value of input->get('file') instead of the fixed file names of icon.png and icon.svg.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References2
- https://github.com/ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine/releases/tag/6.0.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/ExpressionEngine/ExpressionEngine/compare/6.0.1...6.0.3#diff-17bcb23e5666fc2dccb79c7133e9eeb701847f67ae84fbde0a673c3fd3d109e0R508 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-19912 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2021-33199)Record last updated .