CVE-2021-4462 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in Employee Records System version 1.0, allowing unauthenticated attackers to upload and execute arbitrary files through the uploadID.php endpoint due to a lack of server-side validation. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not in CISA's KEV catalog, exploitation evidence was observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-02-06 UTC, and Nuclei templates exist for exploitation, indicating active threat actor interest despite minimal public discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:skittles:employee_records_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.