CVE-2021-46709

Exp

phpLiteAdmin through 1.9.8.2 allows XSS via the index.php newRows parameter (aka num or number).

Published: 2022-03-13 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-46709 is rated Exploit Available (55.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.64%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-46709

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-46709

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.33% 0.64% +0.31%
2 2025-11-21 0.22% 0.33% +0.11%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-46709

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-46709

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-46709

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-46709 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpliteadmin), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-46709
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-46709 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpliteadmin), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 3, released 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-46709

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-46709

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpliteadmin phpliteadmin <= 1.9.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpliteadmin:phpliteadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-46709

URL Tags
https://bitbucket.org/phpliteadmin/public/issues/399/xss-vulnerability Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence