CVE-2021-20252

MEDIUMCVSS 6.5/10EPSS 0.97%

Last modified

CVE-2021-20252 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2. The 3scale backend does not perform preventive handling on user-requested date ranges in certain queries allowing a malicious authenticated user to submit a request with a sufficiently large date range to eventually yield an internal server error resulting in denial of service. EPSS estimates a 0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

A flaw was found in Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2. The 3scale backend does not perform preventive handling on user-requested date ranges in certain queries allowing a malicious authenticated user to submit a request with a sufficiently large date range to eventually yield an internal server error resulting in denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
6.5/10

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

EPSS Probability
0.97%

57.4th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
Redhat3scale Api Management2.0

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-20252?
A flaw was found in Red Hat 3scale API Management Platform 2. The 3scale backend does not perform preventive handling on user-requested date ranges in certain queries allowing a malicious authenticated user to submit a request with a sufficiently large date range to eventually yield an internal server error resulting in denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
How severe is CVE-2021-20252?
CVE-2021-20252 has a CVSS score of 6.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2021-20252?
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Source: NVD / NIST