What is CVE-2021-25979?

CVE-2021-25979 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apostrophe, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-11-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-25979?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apostrophe

CVE-2021-25979

Apostrophe CMS versions prior to 3.3.1 did not invalidate existing login sessions when disabling a user account or changing the password, creating a situation in which a device compromised by a third party could not be locked out by those means. As a mitigation for older releases the user account in question can be archived (3.x) or moved to the trash (2.x and earlier) which does disable the existing session.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Apostrophe — versions unspecified, 2.63.0
Apostrophecms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

vulnerabilitylab@mend.io (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-25979?: CVE-2021-25979 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apostrophe, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-11-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-25979?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.