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Privilege escalation vulnerability when using HTML attachments

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

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
7.3
HIGH
EPSS Probability:2.47%
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Attack Surface
Authentication
Weaponization
SSVC Action

Affected Products & Versions

Vendor Product Affected Versions
Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB Apache CouchDB < 3.1.2 (affected)
Apache Software Foundation IBM Cloudant IBM Cloudant < 8201 (affected)

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Threat Intelligence Signals

EPSS Score
2.474%

Identity & Timeline

StatusPUBLISHED
Assigning AuthorityApache Software Foundation · Vendor · USA
Reserved2021-08-09T00:00:00
Published2021-10-14T19:55:12
Last Updated2024-08-04T01:37:16

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