CVE-2021-26704
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb...
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Record
CVE-2021-26704- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Record
CVE-2021-26704- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13494 No score
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Record
EUVD-2021-13494- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xm78-jfcw-x97f No score
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb...
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Record
GHSA-xm78-jfcw-x97f- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Record
CVE-2021-26704- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-26704 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Eprints, published March 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.07%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.