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CVE-2021-33359 (GCVE-0-2021-33359)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-09 17:45 – Updated: 2024-08-03 23:50
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Summary
A vulnerability exists in gowitness < 2.3.6 that allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform an arbitrary file read using the file:// scheme in the url parameter to get an image of any file.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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