CVE-2021-30124

Vscode Phpmd vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

3.0%

EPSS pct

86th

Exploited

No known

The unofficial vscode-phpmd (aka PHP Mess Detector) extension before 1.3.0 for Visual Studio Code allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted phpmd.command value in a workspace folder.

Affected vendor

Vscode Phpmd Project

Affected product

Vscode Phpmd

CVSS vector

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

Published

2021-07-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-30124

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-30124.
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