CVE-2021-43693 is a critical file inclusion vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) affecting vesta 0.9.8-24, specifically within the web/add/user/index.php file. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among researchers. Organizations using affected versions of vestacp should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.8-24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vestacp:vesta_control_panel:0.9.8-24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.