Administrator privilege escalation via stored HTML scripts
Published Oct 14, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Stored cross-site scripting in Apache CouchDB before 3.1.2 allows attackers to gain administrator privileges through HTML content. Attachment, _show, and _list responses serve attacker-controlled HTML without a protective Content-Security-Policy, so embedded JavaScript runs in the security context of an administrator who opens it. The attacker needs document-creation permission and administrator interaction; successful execution can add or remove database data or change configuration.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in Apache CouchDB before 3.1.2 allows attackers to gain administrator privileges through HTML content. Attachment, _show, and _list responses serve attacker-controlled HTML without a protective Content-Security-Policy, so embedded JavaScript runs in the security context of an administrator who opens it. The attacker needs document-creation permission and administrator interaction; successful execution can add or remove database data or change configuration.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-38295
- Published
- Oct 14, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache CouchDB
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 14, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Apache CouchDB <3.1.2
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