CVE-2021-44111 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.4) Path Traversal vulnerability in s-cart/s-cart. 1 public exploit reference exists, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for s-cart/s-cart — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Path Traversal in S-Cart
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2021-44111 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,386 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
s-cart/s-cartReal-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
A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in S-Cart 6.7 via download in sc-admin/backup.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | s-cart/s-cart | all versions | 6.7.2composer require s-cart/s-cart:^6.7.2 |
Affected Products
s-carts-cartResearch 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 s-cart/s-cart, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update s-cart/s-cart to 6.7.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2021-44111 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2021-44111 in your dependencies?
Find it across Packagist, including transitive dependencies.