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CVE-2021-23562

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23562 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting the plupload package prior to version 2.3.9, specifically impacting tiny plupload. It allows an attacker to upload a malicious file containing JavaScript code, which could then be executed if a user is tricked into uploading it. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a network attack vector and user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tiny:plupload:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.2MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: pluploadFixed in: 2.3.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-rp2c-jrgp-cvr8medium

Code injection in plupload

Dec 16, 2021

References

github.com / moxiecode/plupload/blob/master/js/jquery.plupload.queue/jquery.plupload.queue.js%23L226
Broken Link
github.com / moxiecode/plupload/commit/d12175d4b5fa799b994ee1bb17bfbeec55b386fb
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARS-2306665
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWER-2306663
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSBOWERGITHUBMOXIECODE-2306664
PatchThird Party Advisory
snyk.io / vuln/SNYK-JS-PLUPLOAD-1583909
PatchThird Party Advisory