CVE-2021-36471

Published: Feb 7, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

Directory Traversal vulnerability in AdminLTE 3.1.0 allows remote attackers to gain escalated privilege and view sensitive information via /admin/index2.html, /admin/index3.html URIs. Note: AdminLTE developers dispute that this a weakness with AdminLTE and is instead a misconfiguration error on various websites by the website developers.

Affected (1)

Products: Adminlte.io: Adminlte

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Adminlte.io Adminlte	Version 3.1.0

Related CWEs

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (3)

https://gist.github.com/cybersaki/31ffe679a5552c1047164e3a5b01c2fd

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/ColorlibHQ/AdminLTE/issues/4948

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://gist.github.com/cybersaki/31ffe679a5552c1047164e3a5b01c2fd

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

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