CVE-2021-33359

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-33359?

Upgrade gowitness to 2.3.6 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-33359 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33359 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-33359?

CVE-2021-33359 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-33359 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for gowitness (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-552

How to fix

Remediation Available

gowitnessNVD

Affected:< 2.3.6Fixed in:2.3.6CVE-2021-33359derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory1

twitter.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-552 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-17519	High	7.5	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-11371	High	7.5	92%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-50164	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-3715	Medium	5.5	75%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-15175	High	7.4	71%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-39316	High	7.5	66%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-33359?

Upgrade gowitness to 2.3.6 or later.

Is CVE-2021-33359 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-33359 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-33359?

CVE-2021-33359 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-33359 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for gowitness (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.