Improper Privilege Management Affecting rdiffweb package, versions [,2.5.2)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Privileges Required High
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Proof of concept
    EPSS 0.16% (52nd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-RDIFFWEB-3160305
  • published 7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 7 Dec 2022
  • credit neverjunior

How to fix?

Upgrade rdiffweb to version 2.5.2 or higher.

Overview

rdiffweb is an A web interface to rdiff-backup repositories.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management by allowing an attacker to perform unauthorized actions even after removing the permissions from the attacker-controled account.

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