PT-2021-21369 · Akaunting · Akaunting

Trevor Christiansen + 1 · Published 2021-08-04 · Updated 2021-08-11 · CVE-2021-36802

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Akaunting versions 2.1.12 and earlier

Description The issue is a denial-of-service problem triggered by setting a malformed locale variable and sending it in an otherwise normal HTTP POST request. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

Recommendations For versions 2.1.12 and earlier, update to version 2.1.13 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the locale variable in HTTP POST requests until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-248

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-36802

Affected Products

Akaunting

References · 5

• 🔥 https://rapid7.com/blog/post/2021/07/27/multiple-open-source-web-app-vulnerabilities-fixed · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36802 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/26870 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/18671 · Telegram Post