# CVE-2021-44892: ThinkPHP Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution and gain server control via a file upload vulnerability in ThinkPHP.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 10 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-75jp-87w2-c6x2

## What is CVE-2021-44892?

CVE-2021-44892 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in ThinkPHP 3.x.x via value[_filename] in index.php, which could let a malicious user obtain server control privileges.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-44892?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including topthink/framework. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `topthink/framework` | Packagist | All versions to 3.2.3 | None |
| `topthink/framework` | Packagist | All versions to 3.2.3 | None |

Products: Thinkphp Thinkphp.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-44892?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-44892 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-44892 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2025-63888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63888/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-50706](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50706/): ThinkPHP Path Traversal Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-50707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50707/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-48112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48112/): ThinkPHP deserialization vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-44902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44902/): ThinkPHP deserialization vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-44892 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-44892 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-44892 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- topthink/framework (Packagist): affected all versions up to 3.2.3; no fix listed
- topthink/framework (Packagist): affected all versions up to 3.2.3; no fix listed

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-2021-44892/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44892/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44892
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44892
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44892

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44892/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.