CVE-2021-38295
Severity
7.3HIGH
EPSS
9.0%
top 7.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 14
Latest updateMay 24
Description
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…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-gr7p-9mx8-wr74: In Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document↗2022-05-24
OSV▶
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↗2021-10-14