CVE-2022-39038
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 · uneditedAgentflow BPM enterprise management system has improper authentication. A remote attacker with general user privilege can change the name of the user account to acquire arbitrary account privilege, and access, manipulate system or disrupt service.
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 · high confidenceAgentflow BPM enterprise management system has an improper authentication vulnerability where a remote attacker with general user privileges can change the name of a user account to escalate to arbitrary account privileges. The flaw appears to allow a low-privileged user to manipulate account identities through name changes, bypassing proper authorization controls and gaining full system access or the ability to disrupt services.
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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= 4.0.0.1183.552CVSS 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
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 the installed Agentflow BPM versionLocate the Flowring Agentflow installation directory and check the version file,About dialog,or system information panel. Common paths include the application root directory or the Help > About menu within the web interface.Affected if The installed version is exactly 4.0.0.1183.552
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Verify user account management accessLog in with a general or low-privileged user account and navigate to the user account management or administration module within the Agentflow web interface.Affected if A low-privileged user can access the account name modification functionality without elevated admin rights
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Check account name modification endpointInspect the HTTP requests when attempting to modify a user account name. Look for POST or PUT requests to account management endpoints using a low-privilege account session.Affected if The application allows account name change requests from a non-admin session without returning an authorization error
You are affected if Flowring Agentflow version 4.0.0.1183.552 is installed and low-privileged users can modify account names through the application without proper authorization checks.
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 dataImplement proper server-side authorization checks to verify that users have appropriate privileges before allowing any account name modifications. Ensure that account management operations validate the caller's permissions against the target resource, not just authenticate the user.
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