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CVE-2021-4194 (GCVE-0-2021-4194)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-01-06 17:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
Title
Improper Access Control in bookstackapp/bookstack
Summary
bookstack is vulnerable to Improper Access Control
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
bookstackapp bookstackapp/bookstack Affected: unspecified , < 21.12.1 (custom)
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