# CVE-2021-41189: Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2021-41189-communities-and-collections-administrators-can-escalate-their  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2021-11-01  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2021-41189 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2021-11-01

Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator

Technologies: [org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/org-dspace-dspace-api). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2021-41189 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2021-41189 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2021-41189?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 1 November 2021.

**Which products and versions are affected?** org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0,fixed=7.1.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2021-41189?** Yes. org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven): upgrade to 7.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2021-41189?** Check whether you run org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven): upgrade to 7.1 or later

  ```sh
  # set org.dspace:dspace-api to 7.1 in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=7.0,fixed=7.1

## Identifiers

- CVE-2021-41189
- GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

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