Scott Ferreira Free Photo & Video Vault 0.0.2 Environment Variable environment path traversal

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Scott Ferreira Free Photo & Video Vault 0.0.2. This affects an unknown part of the component Environment Variable Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument environment results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-47921. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Scott Ferreira Free Photo & Video Vault 0.0.2. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Environment Variable Handler. The manipulation of the argument environment with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Free Photo & Video Vault 0.0.2 contains a directory traversal web vulnerability that allows remote attackers to manipulate application path requests and access sensitive system files. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability without privileges to retrieve environment variables and access unauthorized system paths.

The weakness was presented with Vulnerability-Lab. The advisory is shared at vulnerability-lab.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-47921 since 02/01/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/02/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2021-34750). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Scott Ferreira

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• Free Photo & Video Vault

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• 0.0.2

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