vendor:
CouchDB
by:
r4wd3r
9.8
CVSS
CRITICAL
Privilege Escalation
287
CWE
Product Name: CouchDB
Affected Version From: 1.6.1
Affected Version To: 1.7.0
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2017-12635
CPE: a:apache:couchdb:1.6.1
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: None
2017
Apache CouchDB JSON Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
This exploit is used to exploit the Apache CouchDB JSON Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2017-12635). It takes the host, port, username and password as arguments and creates a user with admin privileges on the remote host. It then uses a payload to create the user and if the status code is 201, the exploit is successful.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to Apache CouchDB version 1.7.0 or later.