CVE-2021-38753

9.8 CRITICAL

An unrestricted file upload on Simple Image Gallery Web App can be exploited to upload a web shell and executed to gain unauthorized acce...

Published: 2021-08-16 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-434

Affected products

Vendor	Product
simple_image_gallery_web_app_project	simple_image_gallery_web_app

Description

An unrestricted file upload on Simple Image Gallery Web App can be exploited to upload a web shell and executed to gain unauthorized access to the server hosting the web app.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38753
[Exploit reference]https://github.com/dumpling-soup/Simple-Image-Gallery-Web-App/blob/main/README.md
[Exploit reference]https://github.com/dumpling-soup/Simple-Image-Gallery-Web-App/blob/main/README.md

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