Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OWASP Dependency-Track - CVE-2021-21632
Published: March 31, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51815
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21632
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected plugin does not perform permission checks in several HTTP endpoints. A remote authenticated attacker can connect to an attacker-specified URL and capture "Secret text" credentials.
Affected software
OWASP Dependency-Track
How to mitigate CVE-2021-21632
Install updates from vendor's website.
OWASP Dependency-Track - update to 3.1.1