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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type in WPanel 4GHSA-vhgr-gfx3-fg37

HIGH

GHSA-vhgr-gfx3-fg37 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Unrestricted File Upload vulnerability in wpanel/wpanel4-cms. 2 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. The records list no fixed version yet; check the vendor advisory below and apply the mitigations in the meantime.

Also known asCVE-2021-34257
Published
Updated
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
2 known
Exploitation data as of Nov 8, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.8%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs79th percentile — riskier than 79% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.42%1.05%1.69%2.32%0.9%1.8%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

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Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected
🐘wpanel/wpanel4-cms

Real-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

Multiple Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities exist in WPanel 4 4.3.1 and below via a malicious PHP file upload to (1) Dashboard's Avatar image, (2) Posts Folder image, (3) Pages Folder image and (4) Gallery Folder image.

Affected Packages

1 total
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistwpanel/wpanel4-cmsall versionsNo fix

Affected Products

1 product · 1 configurations
Application
wpanel cmswpanel_cms_project
≤ 4.3.1
range
Exploits & PoCs
2

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Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for wpanel/wpanel4-cms, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Remediation status

    The records we use list no patched version of wpanel/wpanel4-cms for GHSA-vhgr-gfx3-fg37. Check the maintainer's advisory, and where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    Treat uploaded files as untrusted until proven otherwise: validate the actual content type rather than the supplied extension, store uploads outside the web root on a volume mounted without execute permission, and rename them to server-generated identifiers so an attacker cannot choose the path a request will later resolve.

Frequently Asked Questions

Multiple Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities exist in WPanel 4 4.3.1 and below via a malicious PHP file upload to (1) Dashboard's Avatar image, (2) Posts Folder image, (3) Pages Folder image and (4) Gallery Folder image.
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