Vulnerability · Published Mar 25, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40904
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.7% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
The web management console of CheckMK Raw Edition (versions 1.5.0 to 1.6.0) allows a misconfiguration of the web-app Dokuwiki (installed by default), which allows embedded php code. As a result, remote code execution is achieved. Successful exploitation requires access to the web management interface, either with valid credentials or with a hijacked session by a user with the role of administrator.