{"id":"BIT-couchdb-2021-38295","summary":"Privilege escalation vulnerability when using HTML attachments","details":"In Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code embedded in that HTML attachment will be executed within the security context of that admin. A similar route is available with the already deprecated _show and _list functionality. This privilege escalation vulnerability allows an attacker to add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes. This issue affected Apache CouchDB prior to 3.1.2","aliases":["CVE-2021-38295"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:01.199914109Z","published":"2024-03-06T10:51:34.463Z","database_specific":{"severity":"High","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2021-38295.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38295"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"couchdb","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/couchdb"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.2"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/couchdb/BIT-couchdb-2021-38295.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}