CVE-2021-42097 (GCVE-0-2021-42097)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-21 00:45 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:22
VLAI?
Summary
GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user account. An attacker can obtain a value within the context of an unprivileged user account, and then use that value in a CSRF attack against an admin (e.g., for account takeover).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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