Improper Input Validation Affecting coherence package, versions <0.5.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.9% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-HEX-COHERENCE-1086567
  • published18 Mar 2021
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017
  • creditGriffin Byatt

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2018-20301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade coherence to version 0.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. A "mass assignment"-like vulnerability was discovered. In particular, registration endpoints (e.g., creating, editing, updating), allow users to update any coherence_fields. This means that, among other issues, users can automatically confirm their accounts by sending the confirmed_at parameter with their registration request. A malicious user, for example, could exploit this vulnerability to register a user and add assign it admin privileges.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1