Risk | Low |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-41259 |
CWE-ID | CWE-918 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
nim Universal components / Libraries / Programming Languages & Components |
Vendor | nim-lang.org |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU58372
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41259
CWE-ID:
CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsnim: 1.2.12 - 1.6.0
External linkshttp://github.com/nim-lang/security/security/advisories/GHSA-3gg2-rw3q-qwgc
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.