Vulnerability CVE-2021-40978
Published: 2021-10-07

Description:
** DISPUTED ** The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Mkdocs -> Mkdocs 

 References:
https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978
https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1
https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601
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