{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41242 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-41242 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenOLAT, published on 10 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41242 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-41242 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in OpenOLAT, published on 10 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41242 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: OpenOLAT. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41242/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-41242","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41242/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-41242","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-62hv-rfp4-hmrm"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Learning Management System","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in REST methods to write files to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"openolat","vendor":"frentix"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"},{"id":"CWE-23","name":"Relative Path Traversal"}],"description":"OpenOlat is a web-basedlearning management system. A path traversal vulnerability exists in OpenOlat prior to versions 15.5.12 and 16.0.5. By providing a filename that contains a relative path as a parameter in some REST methods, it is possible to create directory structures and write files anywhere on the target system. The attack could be used to write files anywhere in the web root folder or outside, depending on the configuration of the system and the properly configured permission of the application server user. The attack requires an OpenOlat user account, an enabled REST API and the rights on a business object to call the vulnerable REST calls. The problem is fixed in version 15.5.12 and 16.0.5. There is a workaround available. The vulnerability requires the REST module to be enabled. Disabling the REST module or limiting the REST module via some firewall or web-server access rules to be accessed only be trusted systems will mitigate the risk.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Path Traversal in some REST methods leading to file upload to arbitrary places","id":"CVE-2021-41242","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"OS Command Injection Vulnerability and Potential Zip Slip Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2021-41243"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Advanced permissions is not respected for subfolders in Nextcloud server","id":"CVE-2021-41241"},"products":["OpenOLAT"],"published":"2021-12-10","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow","id":"CVE-2026-31946","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-30"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"OpenOLAT: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Velocity templates allows Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2026-28228","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-30"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Unsafe Deserialization of User Data Using XStream","id":"CVE-2021-39181","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Path Traversal in Archive Handling Leading to Code Execution","id":"CVE-2021-39180","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-31"},{"cvss_score":7.7,"headline":"Path Traversal in Folder Component Leading to Local File Inclusion","id":"CVE-2021-41152","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-10-18"},{"cvss_score":5.4,"headline":"Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities","id":"CVE-2024-25973","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-02-20"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["OpenOLAT"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in REST methods to write files to arbitrary locations, potentially leading to code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41242/"}