CVE-2021-41189 HIGH

CVE-2021-41189: Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator

Vendor Dspace
Product DSpace
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published October 29, 2021
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

DSpace is an open source turnkey repository application. In version 7.0, any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator. This vulnerability only exists in 7.0 and does not impact 6.x or below. This issue is patched in version 7.1. As a workaround, users of 7.0 may temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage permissions or workflows settings.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 29, 2021 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated