CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-3199
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
ONLYOFFICE Docs Server Path Traversal Vulnerability — ONLYOFFICE Docs
ONLYOFFICE Docs contains a path traversal vulnerability that can occur when JWT is used, via a /.. sequence in an image upload parameter and could allow for remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2026-10-08
- Remediation due
- 2026-10-11
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
- Notes
- This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: ; https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/903fe5ab7a275bd69c3c3346af2d21cf87ebeabf/CHANGELOG.md#563 ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3199
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-01-26
- Last modified
- 2026-10-09
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Description
Directory traversal with remote code execution can occur in /upload in ONLYOFFICE Document Server before 5.6.3, when JWT is used, via a /.. sequence in an image upload parameter.
Affected configurations
• onlyoffice document server (< 5.6.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/903fe5ab7a275bd69c3c3346af2d21cf87ebeabf/CHANGELOG.md#563 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moehw/poc_exploits/tree/master/CVE-2021-3199/poc_uploadImageFile.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nola-milkin/poc_exploits/blob/master/CVE-2021-3199/poc_uploadImageFile.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE/DocumentServer/blob/903fe5ab7a275bd69c3c3346af2d21cf87ebeabf/CHANGELOG.md#563 Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/moehw/poc_exploits/tree/master/CVE-2021-3199/poc_uploadImageFile.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/nola-milkin/poc_exploits/blob/master/CVE-2021-3199/poc_uploadImageFile.py Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-3199 US Government Resource