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CVE-2021-3846

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-3846 is a critical vulnerability affecting Firefly III, allowing for unrestricted upload of dangerous file types. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a low-complexity network attack vector that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact remains severe.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:firefly-iii:firefly_iii:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.3
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 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 (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: grumpydictator/firefly-iiiFixed in: 5.6.2
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-5gq7-826w-8282high

Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in Firefly III

May 24, 2022

References

github.com / firefly-iii/firefly-iii/commit/a85b6420c19ace35134f896e094e1971d8c7954b
PatchThird Party Advisory
huntr.dev / bounties/5267ec1c-d204-40d2-bd4f-6c2dd495ee18
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory