Critical
Security advisory
Remote attackers may delete arbitrary files in a system hosting a JSPWiki instance, versions up to 2.11.0.M8, by using a carefuly crafted http request on logout, given that those files are reachable to the user running the JSPWiki instance. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-44140
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Remote attackers may delete arbitrary files in a system hosting a JSPWiki instance, versions up to 2.11.0.M8, by using a carefuly crafted http request on logout, given that those files are reachable to the user running the JSPWiki instance. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.
osv:CVE-2021-44140
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44140",
"method": "structured",
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"summary": "Remote attackers may delete arbitrary files in a system hosting a JSPWiki instance, versions up to 2.11.0.M8, by using a carefuly crafted http request on logout, given that those files are reachable to the user running the JSPWiki instance. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.0 or later.",
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"2.11.0.M5-RC3",
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:19.657439042Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://jspwiki-wiki.apache.org/Wiki.jsp?page=CVE-2021-44140",
"https://lists.apache.org/thread/5qglpjdhvobppx7j550lf1sk28f6011t"
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 430074,
"published_at": "2021-11-24T12:15:07.663+00:00"
}