CVE-2021-38705 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

High 8.8 Published Updated

An attacker can trick an authenticated user into creating a secondary administrator account via CSRF, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.

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
None listed

What is CVE-2021-38705?

CVE-2021-38705 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 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

ClinicCases 7.3.3 is affected by Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A successful attack would consist of an authenticated user following a malicious link, resulting in arbitrary actions being carried out with the privilege level of the targeted user. This can be exploited to create a secondary administrator account for the attacker.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-38705?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Cliniccases Cliniccases.

How do I fix CVE-2021-38705?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38705 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-38705 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38705 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hc37-45rc-736p.

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