High
Security advisory
Invalid file validation on the upload feature in GROWI versions v4.2.2 allows a remote attacker with administrative privilege to overwrite the files on the server, which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2021-20671
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Invalid file validation on the upload feature in GROWI versions v4.2.2 allows a remote attacker with administrative privilege to overwrite the files on the server, which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
osv:CVE-2021-20671
Complete source record
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