CVE-2021-4005 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in grumpydictator/firefly-iii. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for grumpydictator/firefly-iii — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Cross Site Request Forgery in firefly-iii
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2021-4005 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,987 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
grumpydictator/firefly-iiiReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
firefly-iii is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attack which can disable two factor authentication for the target user.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | grumpydictator/firefly-iii | all versions | 5.6.5composer require grumpydictator/firefly-iii:^5.6.5 |
Affected Products
firefly iiifirefly-iiiResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for grumpydictator/firefly-iii, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update grumpydictator/firefly-iii to 5.6.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-4005 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2021-4005 in your dependencies?
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