CVE-2022-2651 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Bookwyrm allows attackers to gain unauthorized access to user accounts.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-2651?

CVE-2022-2651 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm, published on 4 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in GitHub repository bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm prior to 0.4.5.

Weakness: CWE-305

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2651?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Joinbookwyrm Bookwyrm.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2651?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2651 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-2022-2651 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2651 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mpr5-m5gh-62gw.

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