CVE-2021-46900 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sympa before 6.2.62 relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives, but does not ensure that this parameter exists and has an unpredictable value. Specifically, the cookie parameter is both a salt for stored passwords and an XSS protection mechanism.

Published: 2023-12-31

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00369.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa-community.github.io/blob/master/security/2021-001.md
https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/issues/1091
https://www.sympa.community/security/2021-001.html

History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sympa Sympa

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-12-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-17T19:53:17.720Z

Reserved: 2023-12-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-46900

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:17:42.970Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-31T05:15:08.040

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:15:47.280

Link: CVE-2021-46900

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-327

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