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CVE-2021-46897

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-10-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

views.py in Wagtail CRX CodeRed Extensions (formerly CodeRed CMS or coderedcms) before 0.22.3 allows upward protected/..%2f..%2f path traversal when serving protected media.

Affected products

• Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions: before 0.22.3 — fixed in 0.22.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wagtailcrx Codered Extensions 0.22.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/compare/v0.22.2...v0.22.3
• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/issues/448
• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/pull/450
• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/compare/v0.22.2...v0.22.3
• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/issues/448
• https://github.com/coderedcorp/coderedcms/pull/450

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