CVE-2021-21311
mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.985 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSadded 2025-09-29remediate by 2025-10-20
required action Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Adminer Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability
Adminer is an open-source database management in a single PHP file. In adminer from version 4.0.0 and before 4.7.9 there is a server-side request forgery vulnerability. Users of Adminer versions bundling all drivers (e.g. `adminer.php`) are affected. This is fixed in version 4.7.9.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.2
ssvc
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exploits (3)
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- omoknooni/CVE-2021-21311omoknooni/CVE-2021-21311PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (5)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-x5r2-hj5c-8jx6SSRF in adminer2021-02-11ghsa · osvUS
### Impact Users of Adminer versions bundling all drivers (e.g. `adminer.php`) are affected. ### Patches Patched by ccd2374b, included in version [4.7.9](https://github.com/vrana/adminer/releases/tag/v4.7.9). ### Workarounds * Use a single driver version (e.g. `adminer-mysql.php`). * Protect access to Adminer also by other means, e.g. by HTTP password, IP address limiting or by OTP [plugin](https://www.adminer.org/plugins/). ### References https://github.com/vrana/adminer/files/5957311/Adminer.SSRF.pdf ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Comment at ccd2374b.
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references (19)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/commit/ccd2374b0b12bd547417bf0dacdf153826c83351cnnvd
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/files/5957311/Adminer.SSRF.pdfcnnvd
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r2-hj5c-8jx6cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00002.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21311cnnvd
- https://packagist.org/packages/vrana/adminercnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Adminer-information-disclosure-via-Error-Page-SSRF-34575cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0747cnnvd
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