CVE-2021-36471

Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs. Note: AdminLTE developers dispute that this a weakness with AdminLTE and is instead a misconfiguration error on various websites by the website developers.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/cybersaki/31ffe679a5552c1047164e3a5b01c2fd	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/issues/4948
https://gist.github.com/cybersaki/31ffe679a5552c1047164e3a5b01c2fd	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:adminlte.io:adminlte:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

23 Apr 2025, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/issues/4948 -
Summary	~~(en) Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs.~~	(en) Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs. Note: AdminLTE developers dispute that this a weakness with AdminLTE and is instead a misconfiguration error on various websites by the website developers.

Information

Published : 2023-02-07 23:15

Updated : 2025-04-23 22:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-36471

Mitre link : CVE-2021-36471

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-36471

JSON object : View

Products Affected

adminlte.io

adminlte

CWE

CWE-22

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

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