CVE-2021-34638

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 70.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2021-08-05 20:18Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 00:19Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2021-06-10

Assigning CNA

Wordfence

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
• CWE-540Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source CodeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

b10615f5c2889efce8f671074a59647fbb5f75ea9705bf9c827ac9d45f06e4d0

• www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/07/wordpress-download-manager-vulnerabilities/x_refsource_MISC