CVE-2021-38295

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38295
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-10-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-08 14:22:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code embedded in that HTML attachment will be executed within the security context of that admin. A similar route is available with the already deprecated _show and _list functionality. This privilege escalation vulnerability allows an attacker to add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes. This issue affected Apache CouchDB prior to 3.1.2

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Couchdb All All All All

References

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2.14. CVE-2021-38295: Apache CouchDB Privilege Escalation — Apache CouchDB® 3.2 Documentation MISC docs.couchdb.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: This issue was identified by Cory Sabol of Secure Ideas.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 731156 Apache CouchDB Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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