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CVE-2021-29451

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-29451 is a critical vulnerability affecting Portofino, an open-source web development framework, specifically versions prior to 5.2.1. This flaw, categorized as CWE-347 (Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature), allows an unauthenticated attacker to forge valid JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) due to insufficient signature verification. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:manydesigns:portofino:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

Vendor Patches (3)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.manydesigns:portofino-dispatcherFixed in: 5.2.1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.manydesigns:portofino-coreFixed in: 5.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-6g3c-2mh5-7q6xcritical

Missing validation of JWT signature in `ManyDesigns/Portofino`

Apr 19, 2021

References

github.com / ManyDesigns/Portofino/commit/8c754a0ad234555e813dcbf9e57d637f9f23d8fb
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / ManyDesigns/Portofino/security/advisories/GHSA-6g3c-2mh5-7q6x
Third Party Advisory
mvnrepository.com / artifact/com.manydesigns/portofino
Third Party Advisory