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PYSEC-2021-878

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2021-10-07 14:15 - Updated: 2024-01-17 10:53

Details

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

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Impacted products

Name	purl
mkdocs	pkg:pypi/mkdocs

Aliases

CVE-2021-40978

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  "id": "PYSEC-2021-878",
  "modified": "2024-01-17T10:53:34.840029Z",
  "published": "2021-10-07T14:15:00Z",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2021-40978 (GCVE-0-2021-40978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-10-07 13:23 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59 Disputed

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601	x_refsource_MISC
	https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1	x_refsource_MISC

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Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2021-878

CVE-2021-40978 (GCVE-0-2021-40978)

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