High
Security advisory
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-26704
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:27 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
EPrints 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted input to the verb parameter in a cgi/toolbox/toolbox URI.
osv:CVE-2021-26704
Complete source record
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