2021-36802 | Akaunting HTTP POST Request denial of service


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4.1 $0-$5k 0.40

A vulnerability has been found in Akaunting up to 2.1.12 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument locale with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a denial-of-service issue that is triggered by setting a malformed ‘locale’ variable and sending it in an otherwise normal HTTP POST request. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

The weakness was presented 08/05/2021. The advisory is shared for download at rapid7.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2021-36802 since 07/19/2021. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

Upgrading to version 2.1.13 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Upgrade: Akaunting 2.1.13

07/19/2021 CVE assigned
08/05/2021 +17 days Advisory disclosed
08/05/2021 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/08/2021 +3 days VulDB last updateAdvisory: rapid7.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-36802 (🔒)

Created: 08/05/2021 08:38
Updated: 08/08/2021 18:32
Changes: (1) source_cve_cna
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