Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in GNU Mailman by GNU
CVE-2021-44227

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Gnu
Status
Mailman
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 December 2021

What is CVE-2021-44227?

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in GNU Mailman versions prior to 2.1.38, where a list member or moderator can exploit this flaw to obtain a CSRF token. This token can then be used to forge administrative requests, enabling the attacker to potentially reset the admin password or execute other unauthorized changes within the system, undermining the integrity and security of mailing lists.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1952384
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg0...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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