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CVE-2021-33359

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-552

Description

A vulnerability exists in gowitness < 2.3.6 that allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file read using the file:// scheme in the url parameter to get an image of any file.

Affected products

• Sensepost Gowitness: before 2.3.6 — fixed in 2.3.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sensepost Gowitness 2.3.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness/releases/tag/2.3.6
• https://twitter.com/leonjza/status/1395283512433971202?s=19
• https://github.com/sensepost/gowitness/releases/tag/2.3.6
• https://twitter.com/leonjza/status/1395283512433971202?s=19

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