CVE-2021-41189CWE-863

Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator

High · published October 29, 2021

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
2%
Percentile
81.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02056 · 81.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2021-10-29T17:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 OCT 17:25Z
    Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator
    cvelistv5