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CVE-2021-36542

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-08-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the /op/op.LockDocument.php in SeedDMS v5.1.x<5.1.23 and v6.0.x <6.0.16 allows a remote attacker to lock any document without victim's knowledge, by enticing an authenticated user to visit an attacker's web page.

Affected products

• Seeddms: from 5.1.0 before 5.1.23; from 6.0.7 before 6.0.16; 6.0.6-beta — fixed in 5.1.23, 6.0.16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Seeddms 5.1.23, 6.0.16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://medium.com/%40cyberdivision/cve-2021-36542-a07585497eb8
• https://medium.com/%40cyberdivision/cve-2021-36542-a07585497eb8

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