Privilege Escalation Affecting microsoft.aspnetcore.mvc.razor.host package, versions [,1.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DOTNET-MICROSOFTASPNETCOREMVCRAZORHOST-60024
  • published13 Sept 2016
  • disclosed13 Sept 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 13 Sep 2016

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host to version 1.0.1 or higher.

Overview

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.Host is a design time hosting infrastructure for the Razor view engine.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. View Components could receive incorrect information, including the details of the current authenticated user. If a View Component depends on the vulnerable code and makes decisions based on the current user, then the it could make incorrect decisions that result in elevation of privilege.

CVSS Scores

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