CVE-2021-21396
MEDIUMwire-server 2021-02-16-2021-03-02 - Authenticated Exposure of Sensitive User Metadata via List-Clients Endpoint
Title source: llmDescription
wire-server is an open-source back end for Wire, a secure collaboration platform. In wire-server from version 2021-02-16 and before version 2021-03-02, the client metadata of all users was exposed in the `GET /users/list-clients` endpoint. The endpoint could be used by any logged in user who could request client details of any other user (no connection required) as far as they can find their User ID. The exposed metadata included id, class, type, location, time, and cookie. A user on a Wire backend could use this endpoint to find registration time and location for each device for a given list of users. As a workaround, remove `/list-clients` from nginx config. This has been fixed in version 2021-03-02.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-server/security/advisories/GHSA-qx8q-rhq2-rg4j
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-server/releases/tag/v2021-03-02
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-server/commit/7ba2bf4140282557cf215e0b2c354d4d08cd3421
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0109
EPSS Percentile
61.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
wire/wire_server
2021-02-16 - 2021-03-02
Published
Mar 26, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026