CVE-2021-41189
In version 7.0, any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.06% probability · 80th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- duraspace/dspace
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.