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CVE-2021-21425

87
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-21425 is a critical vulnerability affecting Grav Admin Plugin versions 1.10.7 and earlier, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to execute administrator controller methods. This enables arbitrary YAML file creation or modification, leading to configuration changes, potential administrator account hijacking, or operating system command execution under the web server's context. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) and an EPSS score of 0.91639, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.10.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getgrav:grav-plugin-admin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
80.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: GravCMS Remote Command Execution · Mar 29, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-49788 · Apr 21, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8060 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162283/GravCMS-1.10.7-Remote-Command-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/162457/GravCMS-1.10.7-Remote-Command-Execution.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / getgrav/grav-plugin-admin/security/advisories/GHSA-6f53-6qgv-39pj
Third Party Advisory
pentest.blog / unexpected-journey-7-gravcms-unauthenticated-arbitrary-yaml-write-update-leads-to-code-execution
ExploitThird Party Advisory