CVE-2023-45725

CVE-2023-45725: Apache CouchDB, IBM Cloudant: Privilege Escalation Using _design Documents

Vendor Apache Software Foundation
Product Apache CouchDB
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published December 13, 2023
Last update August 2, 2024

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What the vulnerability does

Description

Design document functions which receive a user http request object may expose authorization or session cookie headers of the user who accesses the document. These design document functions are: *   list *   show *   rewrite *   update An attacker can leak the session component using an HTML-like output, insert the session as an external resource (such as an image), or store the credential in a _local document with an "update" function. For the attack to succeed the attacker has to be able to insert the design documents into the database, then manipulate a user to access a function from that design document. Workaround: Avoid using design documents from untrusted sources which may attempt to access or manipulate request object's headers

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Disclosure timeline

December 13, 2023 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated