🛡️ CVE-2021-46897 — coderedcms

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Wagtail CRX CodeRed Extensions vulnerable to Path Traversal

views.py in Wagtail CRX CodeRed Extensions (formerly CodeRed CMS or coderedcms) before 0.22.3 allows upward protected/..%2f..%2f path traversal when serving protected media.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2021-46897 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2021-46897 is recorded against 1 package.

  • coderedcms (fixed in 0.22.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 October 2023 and last revised on 10 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
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github.com (Package)
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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-10-22
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
coderedcms — 0.22.3

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