CVE-2021-45232 (GCVE-0-2021-45232)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-27 15:06 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:39
VLAI
Title
security vulnerability on unauthorized access.
Summary
In Apache APISIX Dashboard before 2.10.1, the Manager API uses two frameworks and introduces framework `droplet` on the basis of framework `gin`, all APIs and authentication middleware are developed based on framework `droplet`, but some API directly use the interface of framework `gin` thus bypassing the authentication.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache APISIX Dashboard Affected: 2.7 and 2.7.1
Affected: 2.8
Affected: 2.9
Affected: 2.10
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Credits
Independently discovered by ZHU Yucheng of YuanbaoTeach Security Team.
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