CVE-2021-38295

High

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 add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes. This issue affected Apache CouchDB prior to 3.1.2

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Couchdb
PublishedOct 14, 2021
First seenOct 14, 2021

How to fix

Update
  • apache couchdb3.1.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache couchdbv < 3.1.23.1.2

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