THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-43779
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-43779

Addressing vulnerability

CVSS
9.9
EPSS
9.1%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
GLPI is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. The GLPI addressing plugin in versions < 2.9.1 suffers from authenticated Remote Code Execution vulnerability, allowing access to the server's underlying operating system using command injection abuse of functionality. There is no workaround for this issue and users are advised to upgrade or to disable the addressing plugin.
Affected vendor
Teclib Edition
Affected product
Addressing
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2022-01-05

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 low impact to confidentiality, low impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 9.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-43779

  • Confirm whether Teclib Edition Addressing is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-43779.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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