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CVE-2021-29447

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
0.85719
Risk score
58.4
CISA KEV
No
PoC
No
Published
2021-04-15
Modified
2024-08-03
First seen
2026-08-08
Aliases
EUVD-2021-16064
Products
WordPress:wordpress-develop 5.6.0, < 5.7.1
Sources
euvd EUVD-2021-16064

Description

Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to internal files is possible in a successful XXE attack. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via a minor release. We strongly recommend you keep auto-updates enabled.

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