CVE-2021-45008 describes an insecure permissions vulnerability in Plesk CMS 18.0.37 that enables privilege escalation from a standard user to administrator rights. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vendor notes it's a site-specific issue, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
18.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:plesk:plesk:18.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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