Is CVE-2021-47940 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2021-47940 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-47940?

CVE-2021-47940 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-47940?

CVE-2021-47940 has an EPSS score of 0.40% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-47940

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

WordPress Plugin Download From Files version 1.48 and earlier contains an arbitrary file upload vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files by exploiting the AJAX fileupload action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the download_from_files_617_fileupload action, manipulating the allowExt parameter to bypass file type restrictions and upload executable files like PHP shells to the web root.

CWE-306

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

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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 2026-05-12.