ghsa-hx6g-q9v2-xh7v
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-12-16 15:30
Modified
2021-12-06 22:01
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Information exposure in elgg
Details

elgg is vulnerable to Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. Forms in the view namespace 'forms/admin' were not protected by an AdminGatekeeper in case of AJAX requests to 'ajax/form/admin/'.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "elgg/elgg"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.3.23"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "elgg/elgg"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-3980"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-359"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-12-06T22:01:08Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-12-03T15:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "elgg is vulnerable to Exposure of Private Personal Information to an Unauthorized Actor. Forms in the view namespace \u0027forms/admin\u0027 were not protected by an AdminGatekeeper in case of AJAX requests to \u0027ajax/form/admin/\u0027.",
  "id": "GHSA-hx6g-q9v2-xh7v",
  "modified": "2021-12-06T22:01:08Z",
  "published": "2021-12-16T15:30:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3980"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg/pull/13791"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/elgg/elgg/commit/572d210e2392f1fdf47ff2f38665372a6535c126"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/Elgg/Elgg"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://huntr.dev/bounties/1f43f11e-4bd8-451f-a244-dc9541cdc0ac"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Information exposure in elgg"
}


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