CVE-2021-38705
Published: 07 September 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38705 is a high-severity CSRF (CWE-352) vulnerability in Cliniccases Cliniccases. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-25143
Vulnerability details
ClinicCases 7.3.3 is affected by Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). A successful attack would consist of an authenticated user following a malicious link, resulting in arbitrary actions being carried out with the privilege level of the targeted user. This can be…
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exploited to create a secondary administrator account for the attacker.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Awareness training educates users on avoiding untrusted links and actions that can be exploited via CSRF.
Requiring user re-entry of credentials for sensitive actions prevents automated forgery of requests without active user participation.
Security testing regimens explicitly include checks for missing or ineffective anti-CSRF protections in web applications.
Detects anomalous request patterns consistent with cross-site request forgery.