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CVE-2021-3980: Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor in elgg/elgg

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-359

Description

elgg is vulnerable to Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Affected products

• Elgg: before 3.3.23 — fixed in 3.3.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elgg 3.3.23. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/elgg/elgg/commit/572d210e2392f1fdf47ff2f38665372a6535c126
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/1f43f11e-4bd8-451f-a244-dc9541cdc0ac
• https://github.com/elgg/elgg/commit/572d210e2392f1fdf47ff2f38665372a6535c126
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/1f43f11e-4bd8-451f-a244-dc9541cdc0ac

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