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CVE-2021-45040

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-45040 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Spatie media-library-pro library for Laravel (versions through 1.17.10 and 2.x through 2.1.6). It allows unauthenticated remote attackers to upload executable files via the 'uploads' route, leading to potential complete compromise of the affected system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spatie:laravel_media_library:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*
>= 2.0.0, <= 2.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spatie:laravel_media_library:*:*:*:*:pro:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0311 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cybersecthreat.com / 2022/03/14/cve-2021-45040
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
spatie.be / docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/processing-uploads-on-the-server
Vendor Advisory