Vulnerability CVE-2023-45725


Published: 2023-12-13   Modified: 2023-12-14

Description:
Design document functions which receive a user http request object may expose authorization or session cookie headers of the user who accesses the document.

These design document functions are:
*   list
*   show
*   rewrite
*   update

An attacker can leak the session component using an HTML-like output, insert the session as an external resource (such as an image), or store the credential in a _local document with an "update" function.

For the attack to succeed the attacker has to be able to insert the design documents into the database, then manipulate a user to access a function from that design document.

Workaround: Avoid using design documents from untrusted sources which may attempt to access or manipulate request object's headers

Type:

CWE-200

(Information Exposure)

 References:
https://lists.apache.org/thread/pqjq9zt8vq9rsobkc1cow9sqm9vozlrg
https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-45725.html

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