# CVE-2021-36061: Adobe Connect Violation of Secure Design Principles Vulnerability Can Lead To Editing Or Deleting Recordings

> Unauthenticated attackers can edit or delete recordings in Adobe Connect by exploiting a secure design violation, requiring victim interaction to publish a link.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Sep 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-frw8-q26x-vv93

## What is CVE-2021-36061?

CVE-2021-36061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Connect, published on 1 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Adobe Connect version 11.2.2 (and earlier) is affected by a secure design principles violation vulnerability via the 'pbMode' parameter. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to edit or delete recordings on the Connect environment. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must publish a link of a Connect recording.

Weakness: CWE-657 (Violation of Secure Design Principles)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36061?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Adobe Connect.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-36061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-36061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Adobe Connect

- [CVE-2017-11291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11291/): Server-side request forgery in Adobe Connect 9.6.2 and earlier versions (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-75682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-75682/): Adobe Connect | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE-89) (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2023-4661](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4661/): SQLi in Saphira Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4662/): RCE in Saphira Connect (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-40719](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-40719/): Adobe Connect Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-36061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-36061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Adobe Connect, published on 1 Sep 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Adobe Connect. 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-2021-36061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.