TIBCO Security Advisory: December 14, 2021 - TIBCO Spotfire Server - CVE-2021-43051

TIBCO Spotfire Server API Authorization Vulnerability

Original release date: December 14, 2021
Last revised:
CVE-2021-43051
Source: TIBCO Software Inc.

Products Affected

• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 10.10.6 and below
• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, and 11.4.1
• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 11.5.0 and 11.6.0

The following component is affected:

• Spotfire Server

Description

The component listed above contains a difficult to exploit vulnerability that allows malicious custom API clients with network access to execute internal API operations outside of the scope of those granted to it. A successful attack using this vulnerability requires human interaction from a person other than the attacker.

Impact

In the worst case, if the user is a privileged administrator, successful execution of these vulnerabilities can result in an attacker gaining full administrative access to the affected system.

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Solution

TIBCO has released updated versions of the affected systems which address this issue:

• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 10.10.6 and below update to version 10.10.7 or later
• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 11.0.0, 11.1.0, 11.2.0, 11.3.0, 11.4.0, and 11.4.1 update to version 11.4.2 or later
• TIBCO Spotfire Server versions 11.5.0 and 11.6.0 update to version 11.6.1 or later

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