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CVE-2021-46088

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—

Zabbix 4.0 LTS, 4.2, 4.4, and 5.0 LTS is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). Any user with the "Zabbix Admin" role is able to run custom shell script on the application server in the context of the application user.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Zabbix — Zabbix

CWEs

References

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