LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin.
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03816 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:liquidfiles:liquidfiles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 3.6.3 | Vulnerable | LiquidFiles |
- cpe:2.3:a:liquidfiles:liquidfiles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.6.3 Vulnerable ·LiquidFiles
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-43397
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-94g8-mj3r-8gr4
- 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-28 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
References
Exploit 3
More Liquidfiles vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-28930 Incorrect permission assignment in LiquidFiles CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-28931 Path traversal in LiquidFiles CVSS 3.1LOW 3.8
- TI-2020-17559 An XSS issue was found in the Shares feature of LiquidFiles before 3.3.19. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2025-35261 LiquidFiles filetransfer server is vulnerable to a user enumeration issue in its password… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2020-17560 A Cross-Site Script Inclusion vulnerability was found on LiquidFiles before 3.3.19. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-04058 HTML and SMTP Injection in LiquidFiles CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2021-43397 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-43397 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-94g8-mj3r-8gr4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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