CVE-2021-38616

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user edition endpoint could permit any logged-in user to increase their own permissions via a user_permissions array in a PATCH request. A guest user could modify other users' profiles and much more.

CVSS v3 7.6 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

7.6^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38616
https://eigentech.com/	Vendor Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/	Third Party Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616	Third Party Advisory
https://eigentech.com/	Vendor Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/	Third Party Advisory
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:eigentech:natural_language_processing:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

30 May 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38616 -

21 Nov 2024, 06:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://eigentech.com/ - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://eigentech.com/ - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/ - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/ - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616 - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616 - Third Party Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~6.5~~ v3 : ~~8.8~~	v2 : 6.5 v3 : 7.6

Information

Published : 2021-09-07 12:15

Updated : 2025-05-30 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2021-38616

Mitre link : CVE-2021-38616

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-38616

JSON object : View

Products Affected

eigentech

natural_language_processing

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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