Privilege escalation in Apache CouchDB



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-45725
CWE-ID CWE-94
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 CouchDB
Server applications / Database software

Vendor Apache Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU84347

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45725

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges within the application.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote user with access to design documents can insert specially crafted HTML code into the database and gain access to authorization or session cookie headers when the victim opens the design documents.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

CouchDB: 3.0.0 - 3.3.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-45725.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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