CVE-2021-36801 Akaunting Authentication Bypass in Company Selection
Attackers can bypass authentication in Akaunting by manipulating the company selection field, allowing unauthorized access to the application.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-36801?
CVE-2021-36801 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Akaunting, published on 4 Aug 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from an authentication bypass issue in the user-controllable field, companies[0]. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-36801?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Akaunting Akaunting.
How do I fix CVE-2021-36801?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-36801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2021-36801 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-36801 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Akaunting
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v2vq-4xf4-c37j.