Akaunting DoS via User-Controlled 'locale' Variable
CVE-2021-36802

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Akaunting

Status
Akaunting
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 August 2021

What is CVE-2021-36802?

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.

Affected Version(s)

Akaunting 2.1.12

References

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Wiktor Sędkowski of Nokia and Trevor Christiansen of Rapid7 discovered and reported this issue through Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure program.
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