CVE-2021-39316 (GCVE-0-2021-39316)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-31 11:05 – Updated: 2025-05-05 14:51Title
ZoomSounds <= 6.45 Unauthenticated Directory Traversal and Sensitive Information Dislosure
Summary
The Zoomsounds plugin <= 6.45 for WordPress allows arbitrary files, including sensitive configuration files such as wp-config.php, to be downloaded via the `dzsap_download` action using directory traversal in the `link` parameter.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-05 14:51 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165146/WordP… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZoomIt | ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist |
Affected:
6.45 , ≤ 6.45
(custom)
|
Date Public
2021-08-30 00:00
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 586df38b-5d39-4c5b-b117-2519edf8fd26
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2021-08-31
Asserted: 2021-08-31
Scope
Notes: ZoomSounds <= 6.45 Unauthenticated Directory Traversal and Sensitive Information Dislosure | Affected: ZoomIt / ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.65763 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: previdian
Details
| Feed | Previdian (previdian.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | ZoomSounds <= 6.45 Unauthenticated Directory Traversal and Sensitive Information Dislosure |
| Cve Id | CVE-2021-39316 |
| Vendor | ZoomIt |
| Ghsa Id | None |
| Product | ZoomSounds - WordPress Wave Audio Player with Playlist |
| Added Date | 2021-08-31T11:05:58.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.5 |
| Epss Score | 0.65763 |
| Previous Ids | |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Virtual Patch | False |
| Cvss Estimated | False |
| Epss Percentile | 0.99248 |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Vulnerability Id | CVE-2021-39316 |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | True |
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Created: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
| Updated: 2026-10-02 09:11 CEST
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- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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