# CVE-2021-22860: EIC e-document system - Broken Authentication

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication to access personnel credentials and execute arbitrary commands in the EIC e-document system.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-whg3-7342-p9mg

## What is CVE-2021-22860?

CVE-2021-22860 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Excellent Infotek Corporation e-document system, published on 17 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EIC e-document system does not perform completed identity verification for sorting and filtering personnel data. The vulnerability allows remote attacker to obtain users’ credential information without logging in the system, and further acquire the privileged permissions and execute arbitrary commends.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22860?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Eic E-Document System.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-22860?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22860 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-22860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Excellent Infotek Corporation e-document system

- [CVE-2021-22859](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22859/): EIC e-document system - SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-34683](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34683/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-22860 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-22860 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Excellent Infotek Corporation e-document system, published on 17 Mar 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Excellent Infotek Corporation e-document system. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22860/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22860/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22860
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22860
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22860

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22860/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.