CVE-2021-40525 Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

2022-01-0408:55:25

CWE-22

apache

www.cve.org

6.9 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

55.3%

JSON

Apache James ManagedSieve implementation alongside with the file storage for sieve scripts is vulnerable to path traversal, allowing reading and writing any file. This vulnerability had been patched in Apache James 3.6.1 and higher. We recommend the upgrade. Distributed and Cassandra based products are also not impacted.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Apache James",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "3.6.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "Apache James",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]