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High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38295

CVE-2021-38295

Description

In Apache CouchDB, a malicious user with permission to create documents in a database is able to attach a HTML attachment to a document. If a CouchDB admin opens that attachment in a browser, e.g. via the CouchDB admin interface Fauxton, any JavaScript code embedded in that HTML attachment will be executed within the security context of that admin. A similar route is available with the already deprecated _show and _list functionality. This privilege escalation vulnerability allows an attacker to add or remove data in any database or make configuration changes. This issue affected Apache CouchDB prior to 3.1.2

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Affected products

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  • Apache/Couchdb2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:apache:couchdb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <3.1.2
    • (no CPE)range: <3.1.2
  • osv-coords
    Range: < 3.1.2
  • Apache Software Foundation/Apache CouchDBv5
    Range: Apache CouchDB
  • Apache Software Foundation/IBM Cloudantv5
    Range: IBM Cloudant

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