01 Record
CVE-2021-47977
WordPress Anti-Malware Security Bruteforce Firewall <= 4.20.72 Directory Traversal
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
WordPress Anti-Malware Security Bruteforce Firewall <= 4.20.72 Directory Traversal
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-05-16 15:28Z5 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-28 01:47Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-16
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 608c9643b5864f911c254d9811d10f4564952b18644a15511deb0ee9b56fef0d
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.exploit-db.comExploitDB-50107https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50107
- gotmls.netOfficial Product Homepagehttps://gotmls.net/
- gotmls.netProduct Referencehttps://gotmls.net/downloads/
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: WordPress Anti-Malware Security Bruteforce Firewall 4.20.59 Directory Traversalhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-anti-malware-security-bruteforce-firewall-directory-traversal