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CVE-2021-4261

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Dec 19, 2022·Last modified Mar 15, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in pacman-canvas up to 1.0.5. Affected is the function addHighscore of the file data/db-handler.php. The manipulation leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 1.0.6 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 29522c90ca1cebfce6453a5af5a45281d99b0646. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216270 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
0.60%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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