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Status published
Medium
CVE-2021-36802
Akaunting DoS via User-Controlled 'locale' Variable
Vulnerability Description
Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from a denial-of-service issue that is triggered by setting a malformed 'locale' variable and sending it in an otherwise normal HTTP POST request. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Wiktor Sędkowski of Nokia and Trevor Christiansen of Rapid7 discovered and reported this issue through Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure program.
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Affected Vendor
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Akaunting
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 4th, 2021
Last Modified:
September 17th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H