CVE-2021-38616

high

Description

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user edition endpoint could permit any logged-in user to increase their own permissions via a user_permissions array in a PATCH request. A guest user could modify other users' profiles and much more.

References

https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616

https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/

https://eigentech.com/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-09-07

Updated: 2022-07-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High