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CVE-2021-25979

Apostrophe - Insufficient Session Expiration

Published: Nov 8, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-613
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Apostrophe CMS versions prior to 3.3.1 did not invalidate existing login sessions when disabling a user account or changing the password, creating a situation in which a device compromised by a third party could not be locked out by those means. As a mitigation for older releases the user account in question can be archived (3.x) or moved to the trash (2.x and earlier) which does disable the existing session.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-613

Affected Products

apostrophecmsapostrophecms
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
Apostrophe Apostrophe
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
apostrophenpmOSS Libraries
apostrophecmscommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apostrophecms, apostrophe
apostropheoss-projectWeb & CMS Plugins
npmpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Defense Evasion
Initial Access
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References

https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe/commit/c211b211f9f4303a77a307cf41aac9b4ef8d2c7c
github.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25979
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/apostrophecms/apostrophe
github.com

Timeline

Published
Nov 8, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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