CVE-2021-40964A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 8.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Tiny File Manager 2.4.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 50828webapps, phppublished 16 Mar 2022Not verified
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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 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.2% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- https://github.com/prasathmani/tinyfilemanager (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://gist.github.com/omriinbar/953368dcdd9e5eeefd83920166099528 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166330/Tiny-File-Manager-2.4.6-Shell-Upload.html (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-2021-28118 (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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