5.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.9%
According to its banner, the version of CouchDB running on the remote host is prior to 3.3.3. It is, therefore, affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability:
Note that Nessus did not actually test for these flaws but instead, has relied on the version in CouchDB’s banner.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(186916);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/21");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-45725");
script_xref(name:"IAVB", value:"2023-B-0099");
script_name(english:"Apache CouchDB < 3.3.3 Privilege Escalation");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote database server is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its banner, the version of CouchDB running on the remote host is prior to 3.3.3. It is, therefore,
affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability:
- Design document functions which receive a user http request object may expose authorization or session cookie
headers of the user who accesses the document. (CVE-2023-45725)
Note that Nessus did not actually test for these flaws but instead, has relied on the version in CouchDB's banner.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/cve/2023-45725.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to CouchDB 3.3.3 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-45725");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/12/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apache:couchdb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Databases");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("couchdb_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("www/couchdb");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 5984, 6984);
exit(0);
}
include('http.inc');
include('vcf.inc');
var port = get_http_port(default:5984);
var app = vcf::get_app_info(app:'couchdb', webapp:TRUE, port:port);
var constraints = [
{'fixed_version' : '3.3.3'}
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(
app_info:app,
constraints:constraints,
severity:SECURITY_WARNING
);
5.7 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
15.9%