high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2021-21311Adminer — request forgery in the bundled database tool

Adminer 4.0.0 through 4.7.8, in the single-file build that bundles every driver, lets an attacker make the server issue requests of their choosing and read back whatever it finds.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Adminer to 4.7.9 or later, or take it out of production entirely — it is an administration tool that rarely belongs on a public host.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.2/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
90%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2021-02-11
Added to KEV
2025-09-29
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the Adminer page; no credentials needed.

Fixed inAdminer 4.7.9

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2021-21311 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24