CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-46900
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-327
Description
Sympa before 6.2.62 relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives, but does not ensure that this parameter exists and has an unpredictable value. Specifically, the cookie parameter is both a salt for stored passwords and an XSS protection mechanism.
Affected configurations
• sympa sympa (< 6.2.62)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-327 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm weakness
References
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa-community.github.io/blob/master/security/2021-001.md Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1091 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.sympa.community/security/2021-001.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa-community.github.io/blob/master/security/2021-001.md Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1091 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.sympa.community/security/2021-001.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory