Vulnerability threat dossier
Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log messages, and parameters do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints. An attacker who can control log messages or log message parameters can execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers when message lookup substitution is enabled. From log4j 2.15.0, this behavior has been disabled by default. From version 2.16.0 (along with 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1), this functionality has been completely removed. Note that this vulnerability is specific to log4j-core and does not affect log4net, log4cxx, or other Apache Logging Services projects.
VTP analyst assessment
CISA KEV lists Log4Shell as exploited globally. Attacker-controlled data reaching vulnerable Log4j2 lookups can trigger code loaded through LDAP or related JNDI endpoints. Greenbone reports exploit-tooling coverage, not successful exploitation.
2 record references and 3 source references passed trusted post-response validation. The current deterministic record contains 0 independent evidence groups.
The cited press reporting is not relevant to this CVE.
First-party sensor telemetry is active; no disclosure-eligible deterministic observation is currently public for this CVE. This does not mean no activity was observed.
If you use vulnerable Log4j2 versions, upgrade to a security release or apply Apache mitigation.
Previous AI priority: HIGH → current: HIGH. Inspect the evidence preserved for each run before treating this as a threat transition.
VTP deterministic assessment
CISA KEV lists this vulnerability as known to be exploited globally.
A proof of concept is reported; functional reliability is not established.
EPSS is 1.00; this is predictive context, not exploitation evidence.
First-party sensor telemetry is active; no disclosure-eligible deterministic observation is currently public for this CVE. This does not mean no activity was observed.
Material change ledger
Claim provenance
0 primary sources · 0 dependent secondary reports · 2 reports with unresolved independence. Repetition remains visible without multiplying confirmation.
Event history
Greenbone Community Feed published new or materially changed exploit-oriented tooling for this CVE. This is availability evidence, not evidence of exploitation in the wild.
Greenbone Community Feed published new or materially changed exploit-oriented tooling for this CVE. This is availability evidence, not evidence of exploitation in the wild.
The Hacker News supplied a deterministically extracted signal; review the linked evidence before escalation.
ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates published new or materially changed exploit-oriented tooling for this CVE. This is availability evidence, not evidence of exploitation in the wild.
ProjectDiscovery Nuclei Templates Releases published evidence linked to CVE-2021-44228.
CISA lists global known exploitation. This is not a VTP sensor observation.
Original publications
Greenbone Community Feed recorded exploit-tooling coverage changes for 2 CVEs in this pinned revision. 2 have an active availability assertion for this revision. Tooling evidence does not establish exploitation in the wild or successful execution.
Greenbone Community Feed recorded exploit-tooling coverage changes for 9 CVEs in this pinned revision. 9 have an active availability assertion for this revision. Tooling evidence does not establish exploitation in the wild or successful execution.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the disruption of two hacking platforms named QScan and QTRouter operated by Chinese threat actors to target critical infrastructure and other sensitive networks in the country. The activity has been attributed to a Chinese state-sponsored group known as QTFY, employed by Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company (南京鑫玖维网络科技有限公司).&
ProjectDiscovery nuclei-templates added or materially changed exploit-oriented artifacts covering 51 CVEs. This establishes public tooling availability; it does not establish exploitation in the wild or successful execution.
New Templates Added: 122 | CVEs Added: 49 | First-time contributions: 23 🔥 Release Highlights 🔥 [CVE-2026-63030] WordPress Core 6.9-7.0.1 - Pre-Auth Batch-Route Confusion ( @slcyber , @mielverkerken , @pdteam , @FLX-0x00 ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-60004 ] Gitea <= 1.27.0 - Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution (@0x_Akoko) [critical] 🔥 [ CVE-2026-58455 ] Dockwatch <= 0.6.567 - OS Command Injection ( @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-56291 ] Balbooa Forms < 2.4.1 - Unauth Arbitrary File Upload ( @nick Vidovic, @0x_Akoko) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-56290 ] Page Builder CK <= 3.5.10 - Unauth File Upload ( @panchiko-p , @0x_Akoko) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-48908 ] Joomla SP Page Builder <= 6.6.1 - Unauth Arbitrary File Upload RCE (@0x_Akoko) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-46442 ] Flowise < 3.1.2 - node-custom-function Unauth RCE ( @dhiyaneshdk , @princechaddha ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-44825 ] Apache Solr 9.4.0-9.10.1 / 10.0.0 - Hardcoded Default Credentials ( @pdteam , @0x_Akoko) [high] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-16232 ] Check Point Security Management Server - SmartConsole Authentication Bypass ( @sfewer-r7 , @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-15409 ] SonicWall SMA1000 - Server-Side Request Forgery ( @dhiyaneshdk , @rapid7 ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-9282 ] W3 Total Cache <= 2.9.4 - Unauth Arbitrary File Read (@0x_Akoko) [high] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-8732 ] WP Maps Pro (wp-google-map-gold) <= 6.1.0 - Unauth Administrator Account Creation ( @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-8713 ] Avada (Fusion) Builder <= 3.15.3 - Unauth Arbitrary File Deletion (@rool-machine) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-6875 ] ServiceNow AI Platform - Pre-Auth JavaScript Sandbox Escape RCE ( @pdteam , @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2026-3296 ] Everest Forms WordPress Plugin <= 3.4.3 - PHP Object Injection ( @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2025-71334 ] Flowise - Path Traversal ( @theamanrawat ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2025-68493 ] Apache Struts XWork - XML External Entity Injection ( @pussycat0x ) [high] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2025-54988 ] Apache Tika - XXE Injection ( @tx1ee ) [critical] 🔥 [ CVE-2025-6389 ] Sneeit WP Social WordPress Plugin - Unauth RCE via call_user_func ( @dhiyaneshdk ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [ CVE-2025-2505 ] WordPress Age Gate <= 3.5.3 - Unauth Local File Inclusion ( @pussycat0x ) [critical] (kev) (vKEV) 🔥 [CVE-2024-56511] DataEase < 2.10.4 - Authentication Bypass via Whitelist Path Traversal ( @ChrisJr404 ) [critical] 🔥 [ CVE-2023-34992 ] Fortinet FortiSIEM - Unauth Command Injection ( @Thacien ) [critical] 🔥 What's Changed Bug Fixes Stopped credential-stuffing and token-spray templates from sending their first request when no username, password or token is supplied (PR #16589 , Issue #11238 ). Restored missing matcher and extractor values in four templates that silently no-op'd, including CVE-2021-44228 , CVE-2021-45046 and CVE-2026-42281 (PR #16661 ). Replaced an unsupported RE2 lookahead that stopped home-env-permission.yaml from loading at all (PR #16664 ). Added the missing capture group to three regex extractors (PR #16665 ). Corrected the extractor part in portal-api-ssrf from interactsh to interactsh_request (PR #16667 ). Corrected the DSL variable in thinkphp6-arbitrary-write from status_2 to status_code_2 (PR #16668 ). Unhid two extractors marked internal that nothing consumed (PR #16669 ). Marked the setup-stage matchers in CVE-2025-2075 as internal (PR #16671 ). Removed an AWS access key ID from a reference URL in CVE-2024-51482.yaml (PR #16616 ). Fixed an intrusive tag typo in CVE-2023-34124 .yaml (PR #16675 ). Corrected the id and filename for the IBM DB2 Server template (PR #16688 ). Fixed the severity in directory-listing-no-host-header.yaml (PR #16614 ). Corrected the author field for CVE-2024-23108 (PR #16620 ). Moved CVE-2025-296
Technical vulnerability data
Raw observations
First-party sensor telemetry is active; no disclosure-eligible deterministic observation is currently public for this CVE. This does not mean no activity was observed.