CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-38295

In 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

6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.3 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2021-38295.html Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-10-14 08:15

Updated : 2021-10-20 03:31

NVD link : CVE-2021-38295

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38295

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269