CVE-2015-5633
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Newphoria Auction Camera application for iOS and before 1.2 for Android allows attackers to bypass a URL whitelist protection mechanism and obtain API access via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Newphoria Auction Camera mobile application for iOS and Android (before version 1.2) contains a security flaw where a URL whitelist protection mechanism intended to restrict API access can be bypassed. This allows unauthorized attackers to access the application's backend API through unspecified vectors, effectively circumventing the intended access controls.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 1.1all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Newphoria Auction Camera is installedOn Android: Check installed apps via Settings > Apps or run 'adb shell pm list packages | grep newphoria'. On iOS: Check installed apps in Settings > General > iPhone Storage, or via iTunes/Finder if device is synced.Affected if The Newphoria Auction Camera application appears in the installed applications list on the device
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Check the installed application versionOn Android: Go to Settings > Apps > Auction Camera > Version info, or run 'adb shell dumpsys package com.newphoria.auctioncamera | grep versionName'. On iOS: Go to App Store > Purchased, or check in the app's App Store listing.Affected if The displayed version number is 1.1 or lower, or the version cannot be determined but is known to be older than 1.2
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Confirm the version is within vulnerable rangeCompare the installed version against the affected range: versions 1.1 and all prior versions (any version before 1.2) are vulnerable.Affected if The installed version is 1.1, 1.0, or any version number lower than 1.2
A user is affected if the Newphoria Auction Camera mobile application is installed and the installed version is 1.1 or any version prior to 1.2, as these versions contain the bypassable URL whitelist protection flaw.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Newphoria Auction Camera application to version 1.2 or later for Android (and the equivalent fixed version for iOS). Additionally, review and strengthen the URL whitelist implementation to prevent bypass techniques.
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- Implementation5.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2015-5633 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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