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CVE-2021-40978

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Date: October 7, 2021

The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1

Language: Go

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1

Url: https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978

Url: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs

Url: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-40978

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40978

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-40978

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Path Traversal

CWE-22

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version mkdocs - 1.2.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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