CVE-2021-21360: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Products.GenericSetup
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2021-21360 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in zope products.genericsetup. EPSS estimates a 1.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 09-03-2021PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Products.GenericSetup is a mini-framework for expressing the configured state of a Zope Site as a set of filesystem artifacts. In Products.GenericSetup before version 2.1.1 there is an information disclosure vulnerability - anonymous visitors may view log and snapshot files generated by the Generic Setup Tool. The problem has been fixed in version 2.1.1. Depending on how you have installed Products.GenericSetup, you should change the buildout version pin to 2.1.1 and re-run the buildout, or if you used pip simply do pip install `"Products.GenericSetup>=2.1.1"`.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
75%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.55% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
PyPI1 product
- products-genericsetup< 700319512b3615b3871a1f24e096cf66dc488c57 | < 2.1.1
Zope1 product
- products.genericsetup< 2.1.1
Zopefoundation1 product
- products.genericsetup< 2.1.1
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links- github.com/zopefoundation/Products.GenericSetup/security/advisories/GHSA-jff3-mwp3-f8cwX Refsource CONFIRMWEBAdvisoryThird Party Advisory
- github.com/zopefoundation/Products.GenericSetup/commit/700319512b3615b3871a1f24e096cf66dc488c57X Refsource MISCWEBFIXPatchThird Party Advisory