CVE-2021-41189

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 7.2
Description
DSpace is an open source turnkey repository application. In version 7.0, any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator. This vulnerability only exists in 7.0 and does not impact 6.x or below. This issue is patched in version 7.1. As a workaround, users of 7.0 may temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage permissions or workflows settings.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-41189
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-10-29T18:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-11-03T12:47:36
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-863 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/863.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.2
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041 Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41189
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41189
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:48:38 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 13:31:34 2021-10-29T18:15Z 2021-10-29T18:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 13:31:34 2021-11-03T12:47:36 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 13:31:34 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated