OS Command Injection in Knowage Suite - CVE-2021-30055
Published: April 7, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51951
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-30055
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "par_year" parameter in the documentexecution/url analytics driver component. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Knowage Suite
How to mitigate CVE-2021-30055
Install update from vendor's website.
Knowage Suite - update to 7.4