CVE-2021-40219

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-04-12. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Bolt CMS <= 4.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Unsafe theme rendering allows an authenticated attacker to edit theme to inject server-side template injection that leads to remote code execution.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
86.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 11, 2022

Last Modified

July 9, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

CVEs/CVE-2021-40219 at main · iiSiLvEr/CVEs · GitHub

https://github.com/iiSiLvEr/CVEs/tree/main/CVE-2021-40219
generic

core/src/Controller/Frontend/TemplateController.php at 3b21a73ebf519b76756d3ad2841312d10ef11461 · bolt/core · GitHub

https://github.com/bolt/core/blob/3b21a73ebf519b76756d3ad2841312d10ef11461/src/Controller/Frontend/TemplateController.php
generic

GitHub - bolt/core: 🧿 Bolt core · GitHub

https://github.com/bolt/core

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
composerbolt/core—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
bolt/core1.0.0-alpha1 ... 4.1.9 (116 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 53× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-12 05:44 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-07-09 02:55 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  6. 2026-07-09 01:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  15. 2026-07-05 00:28 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 8.8 · severity → HIGH
  16. 2026-07-04 23:57 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  62. 2026-05-26 00:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-40219?
CVE-2021-40219 is a high vulnerability published on April 11, 2022. Bolt CMS <= 4.2 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. Unsafe theme rendering allows an authenticated attacker to edit theme to inject server-side template injection that leads to remote code execution.
When was CVE-2021-40219 disclosed?
CVE-2021-40219 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 11, 2022, with the most recent update on July 9, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-40219 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-40219 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 86.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-40219?
CVE-2021-40219 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-40219?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-40219, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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