CVE-2021-27230: ExpressionEngine before 5.4.2 and 6.x before 6.0.3 allows PHP Code Injection by certain authenticated users who can leverage Translate::save() to write to an…

PriorityP351high8.8CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.83%

84.9th percentile

ExpressionEngine before 5.4.2 and 6.x before 6.0.3 allows PHP Code Injection by certain authenticated users who can leverage Translate::save() to write to an _lang.php file under the system/user/language directory.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
expressionengine	expressionengine	< 5.4.2	5.4.2
expressionengine	expressionengine	>= 6.0.0 < 6.0.3	6.0.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.18.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.5MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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