Background exploitation KEV catalog No authentication

CVE-2021-41277

Metabase GeoJSON API Local File Inclusion Vulnerability

CheckOps priority index

9.3/10 Patch within 24 h

Severity10.0

Probability9.7

Exploitation4/5

Severity = CVSS. Probability = EPSS (FIRST). Exploitation = public signals: KEV, EUVD, ransomware, EPSS above 10 %, no account required.

EPSS · today 97.2% higher than 99.9% of CVEs

CVSS 3.1 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:

Exploited for 721 days 12 Nov 2024

CISA due date 03 Dec 2024 for US federal agencies

Exploitation probability EPSS · FIRST

EPSS probability (%)Percentile among all CVEs

Exploitation signals 4 / 5

KEV catalog (CISA)12 Nov 2024
Exploited in EUVD (ENISA)12 Nov 2024
Used by ransomwareno
EPSS above 10 %97.2%
No account, over the networkyes

What to do

Fix

Apply the vendor’s fix as soon as it is available.

CISA guidance: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Meanwhile

Take the service off the internet or restrict access to it, watch the logs and look for signs of compromise.

Manufacturers (CRA)

Exploited vulnerability in your product: early warning to ENISA within 24 h, then notification within 72 h (Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act). The CRA explained

Description ENISA EUVD

Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. This issue is fixed in a new maintenance release (0.40.5 and 1.40.5), and any subsequent release after that. If you’re unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application.

Affected products

Metabase

Affected versions

1.0.0, < 1.40.5
< 0.40.5

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Open source packages OSV

Affected libraries according to OSV, with fixed versions.

Timeline

17 Nov 2021
Published
12 Nov 2024
Exploitation reported (ENISA)
12 Nov 2024
Added to the KEV catalog
03 Dec 2024
CISA remediation due date
26 Sept 2026
EPSS peak: 97.2%

References

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