CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-21311
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Adminer Server-Side Request Forgery Vulnerability — Adminer Adminer
Adminer contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that, when exploited, allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-09-29
- Remediation due
- 2025-10-20
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- 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.
- Notes
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r2-hj5c-8jx6 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21311
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-02-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-918
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• adminer adminer (>= 4.0.0 < 4.7.9)
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery weakness
References
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/commit/ccd2374b0b12bd547417bf0dacdf153826c83351 Patch
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/files/5957311/Adminer.SSRF.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r2-hj5c-8jx6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://packagist.org/packages/vrana/adminer Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/commit/ccd2374b0b12bd547417bf0dacdf153826c83351 Patch
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/files/5957311/Adminer.SSRF.pdf Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/vrana/adminer/security/advisories/GHSA-x5r2-hj5c-8jx6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://packagist.org/packages/vrana/adminer Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-21311 US Government Resource