CVE-2021-40964
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6...
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the "fullpath" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the "fullpath" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.
- Record
CVE-2021-40964- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the "fullpath" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.
- Record
CVE-2021-40964- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-28118 No score
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the "fullpath" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.
- Record
EUVD-2021-28118- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fw9q-rwpp-xcw5
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6...
A Path Traversal vulnerability exists in TinyFileManager all version up to and including 2.4.6 that allows attackers to upload a file (with Admin credentials or with the CSRF vulnerability) with the "fullpath" parameter containing path traversal strings (../ and ..) in order to escape the server's intended working directory and write malicious files onto any directory on the computer.
- Record
GHSA-fw9q-rwpp-xcw5- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Tiny File Manager 2.4.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) | 2022-03-16 |
| PoC in GitHub | Z3R0space/CVE-2021-40964 | 2025-06-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-40964 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Prasathmani Tiny File Manager, published September 15, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.24%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.