CVE-2021-38295 (GCVE-0-2021-38295)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-14 19:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:37
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Title
Privilege escalation vulnerability when using HTML attachments
Summary
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
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CWE
  • Privilege escalation
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Apache Software Foundation Apache CouchDB Affected: Apache CouchDB , < 3.1.2 (custom)
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Credits
This issue was identified by Cory Sabol of Secure Ideas.
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