# CVE-2021-39458: Information disclosure in n/a

> Authenticated users can trigger an error page to leak database credentials from environment variables in Redaxo CMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgx4-mfw2-ccw7

## What is CVE-2021-39458?

CVE-2021-39458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Triggering an error page of the import process in Yakamara Media Redaxo CMS version 5.12.1 allows an authenticated CMS user has to alternate the files of a vaild file backup. This leads of leaking the database credentials in the environment variables.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39458?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redaxo Redaxo.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-39458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-39458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-18200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18200/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-17831](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17831/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-21857](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21857/): Redaxo has Path Traversal in Backup Addon Leading to Arbitrary File Read (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2006-2843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2843/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2006-2844](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2844/): Multiple PHP remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in Redaxo 3.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the REX[I (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-39458 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-39458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39458/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-39458
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39458
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-39458

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39458/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.