CVE-2021-26704

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26704 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability affecting EPrints version 3.4.2. An authenticated remote attacker can execute arbitrary commands by manipulating the "verb" parameter within a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		3.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:eprints:eprints:3.4.2:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.07%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

86.3%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0307 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference

View patch

References

files.eprints.org / 2548

PatchVendor Advisory

files.eprints.org / 2549

PatchVendor Advisory

github.com / grymer/CVE/blob/master/eprints_security_review.pdf

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory