THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-4462
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2021-4462

Employee Records System vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Employee Records System version 1.0 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files via the uploadID.php endpoint; uploaded files can be executed because the application does not perform proper server-side validation. Exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC.
Affected vendor
Skittles
Affected product
Employee Records System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Published
2025-11-10

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 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-4462

  • Confirm whether Skittles Employee Records System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2021-4462.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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