CVE-2021-4168 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in star7th/showdoc
Medium 6.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-4168 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2021-4168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in star7th/showdoc, published on 26 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected packages and fixed versions:
- showdoc/showdoc (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 2.9.15
- showdoc/showdoc (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 2.9.15
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-2021-4168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4168/index.md)
Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions in ShowDoc, potentially modifying data or taking over accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2021-4168?
CVE-2021-4168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in star7th/showdoc, published on 26 Dec 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
showdoc is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4168?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including showdoc/showdoc. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
showdoc/showdoc Packagist | All versions | 2.9.15 |
showdoc/showdoc Packagist | All versions | 2.9.15 |
Products include Showdoc Showdoc.
How do I fix CVE-2021-4168?
Upgrade showdoc/showdoc to 2.9.15 or later.
Is CVE-2021-4168 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4168 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in star7th/showdoc
- CVE-2021-41745 Showdoc File Upload Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-36440 Unrestricted File Upload in ShowDoc v2.9.5
- CVE-2022-0942 Stored XSS due to Unrestricted File Upload in star7th/showdoc
- CVE-2022-1034 There is a Unrestricted Upload of File vulnerability in ShowDoc v2.10.3 in star7th/showdoc
- CVE-2022-0945 Stored XSS viva axd and cshtml file upload in star7th/showdoc in star7th/showdoc
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7vxc-chqj-h83g.