Resource exhaustion in Th-Wildau Covid-19 Contact Tracing

CVE-2021-33831

api/account/register in the TH Wildau COVID-19 Contact Tracing application through 2021-09-01 has Incorrect Access Control. An attacker can interfere with tracing of infection chains by creating 500 random users within 2500 seconds.

EPSS: 0.020 (78.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-33831?
CVE-2021-33831 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Th-Wildau Covid-19 Contact Tracing, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-09-07.
How severe is CVE-2021-33831?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-33831 known to be exploited?
3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.