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CVE-2021-28163

Published: Apr 1, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-200
NVD MITRE
2.7CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
4.2%
Top 10.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In Eclipse Jetty 9.4.32 to 9.4.38, 10.0.0.beta2 to 10.0.1, and 11.0.0.beta2 to 11.0.1, if a user uses a webapps directory that is a symlink, the contents of the webapps directory is deployed as a static webapp, inadvertently serving the webapps themselves and anything else that might be in that directory.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200CWE-59

Affected Products

jettyeclipseDevTools & CI
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
igniteapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
solrapache
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
cloud managernetappHardware Firmware
eclipseoss-projectBEDevTools & CIaka eclipse-foundation
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
and 32 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/security/advisories/GHSA-j6qj-j888-vvgq
github.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0841b06b48324cfc81325de3c05a92e53f997185f9d71ff47734d961%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r111f1ce28b133a8090ca4f809a1bdf18a777426fc058dc3a16c39c66%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
and 76 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 1, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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