High severity · published Dec 2, 2021
CVE-2021-44227
In GNU Mailman before 2.1.38, a list member or moderator can get a CSRF token and craft an admin request (using that token) to set a new admin password or make other changes
8.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In GNU Mailman before 2.1.38, a list member or moderator can get a CSRF token and craft an admin request (using that token) to set a new admin password or make other changes.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
MA
Mailman · Gnu
before 2.1.38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44227
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-44227
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mailman/+bug/1952384
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00011.html
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