2.2. CVE-2010-2234: Apache CouchDB Cross Site Request Forgery Attack

21.02.2010

Affected

Apache CouchDB 0.8.0 to 0.11.1

Severity

Vendor

The Apache Software Foundation

Apache CouchDB versions prior to version 0.11.1 are vulnerable to (CSRF) attacks.

All users should upgrade to CouchDB 0.11.2 or .

Users on earlier versions should consult with upgrade notes.

A malicious website can POST arbitrary JavaScript code to well known CouchDB installation URLs (like http://localhost:5984/) and make the browser execute the injected JavaScript in the security context of CouchDB’s admin interface Futon.

Unrelated, but in addition the JSONP API has been turned off by default to avoid potential information leakage.

This CSRF issue was discovered by a source that wishes to stay anonymous.