7.8

CVE-2021-27117: beego Link Following

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesGHSA-2v6v-q994-xvxx
Published 05-04-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-27117 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Link Following vulnerability in beego. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 05-04-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in file profile.go in function GetCPUProfile in beego through 2.0.2, allows attackers to launch symlink attacks locally.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Beego

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Beego1 product
Github.com/beego1 product
  • beegoAll versions (No fix recorded)
Github.com/beego/beego1 product
  • v2≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links