CVE-2021-45008

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Published Feb 21, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:plesk:plesk:18.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (1.959% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/AS4mir/CVE-2021-45008/blob/main/README.md

History

Feb 24, 2026 8:15 PM Affected versions updated. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:plesk:plesk:18.0.37:-::::::
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Plesk Plesk

Weaknesses

CWE-281

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:32 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 21, 2022, 11:12 AM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:32 AM
Reserved: Dec 13, 2021, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:32 AM

Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 4:32 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 21, 2022, 12:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:13 AM

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