CVE-2021-42097

HighCVSS 8.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

GNU Mailman before 2.1.35 may allow remote Privilege Escalation. A csrf_token value is not specific to a single user account. An attacker can obtain a value within the context of an unprivileged user account, and then use that value in a CSRF attack against an admin (e.g., for account takeover).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-352

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-42097: High severity, CVSS 8.0 | Vulnix