CVE-2021-38617

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/ user creation endpoint allows a standard user to create a super user account with a defined password. This directly leads to privilege escalation.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://eigentech.com/	Vendor Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/	Third Party Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38617	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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Information

Published : 2021-09-07 05:15

Updated : 2022-07-12 10:42

NVD link : CVE-2021-38617

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38617

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

eigentech

natural_language_processing

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