CVE-2021-45008
Plesk CMS 18.0.37 is affected by an insecure permissions vulnerability that allows privilege Escalation from user to admin rights. OTE: the vendor states...
- Published
- Feb 21, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 80.0%
- Model date
- Oct 17, 2026
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Summary
Plesk CMS 18.0.37 is affected by an insecure permissions vulnerability that allows privilege Escalation from user to admin rights. OTE: the vendor states that this is only a site-specific problem on websites of one or more Plesk users
Sources
Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2021-45008, demonstrating privilege escalation from user to admin in Plesk Obsidian 18.0.37 by manipulating a Super admin flag parameter.
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