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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-40353 json

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in version 8.0 of openSIS when MySQL or MariaDB is used as the application database.

published 2021-09-01 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-27531

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in version 8.0 of openSIS when MySQL or MariaDB is used as the application database. An attacker can then issue the SQL command through the index.php USERNAME parameter. NOTE: this issue may exist because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-6637.

Exploit prediction

2.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/5qu1n7/CVE-2021-40353 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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