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CVE-2021-38616

Published: Sep 7, 2021

Modified: May 30, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.6

HIGH

Description

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user edition endpoint could permit any logged-in user to increase their own permissions via a user_permissions array in a PATCH request. A guest user could modify other users' profiles and much more.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Availability

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

High

Privileges Required

Low

Scope

Unchanged

User Interaction

None

References

https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/

https://eigentech.com/

https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616

https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38616

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