Vulnerability · Published Aug 4, 2021 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2021-36802Akaunting DoS via User-Controlled 'locale' Variable

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Akaunting from Akaunting. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 37.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a denial-of-service issue that is triggered by setting a malformed 'locale' variable and sending it in an otherwise normal HTTP POST request. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Akaunting Akaunting 2.1.12 – through 2.1.12

Weakness: CWE-248 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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