CVE-2022-46308
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 · uneditedSGUDA U-Lock central lock control service’s user management function has incorrect authorization. A remote attacker with general user privilege can exploit this vulnerability to call privileged APIs to access, modify and delete user information.
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 SGUDA U-Lock central lock control service contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in its user management function. A remote attacker with standard user privileges can invoke privileged APIs to bypass authorization controls, allowing unauthorized access, modification, and deletion of user information.
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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 dataall 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
- 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 if SGUDA U-Lock service is in useSearch your asset inventory, network scans, or installed systems for the SGUDA U-Lock central lock control service or firmware. Check for services, processes, or devices associated with 'U-Lock', 'Sguda', or 'central lock control'.Affected if The SGUDA U-Lock service or firmware is found in your environment
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Locate user management API endpointsIf the service is present, enumerate API endpoints related to user management. Look for endpoints that handle user creation, modification, deletion, or privilege assignment. Common patterns include /user, /users, /usermanagement, /admin/user, or similar paths.Affected if User management API endpoints are accessible for the SGUDA U-Lock service
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Verify standard user account existsCreate or identify a standard (non-privileged) user account on the SGUDA U-Lock system. Confirm this user has only basic privileges and does not hold administrative roles.Affected if A standard user account with limited privileges can be created or identified
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Test authorization on privileged user operationsUsing the standard user account credentials, attempt to invoke APIs that should require elevated privileges, such as creating new users, modifying other users' information, deleting users, or changing user roles or permissions.Affected if Standard users can successfully invoke APIs to access, modify, or delete other user information without receiving authorization errors
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Check for role-based authorization enforcementReview the user management API responses and server logs when standard users attempt privileged operations. Verify whether the service properly rejects unauthorized requests with appropriate error codes (403 Forbidden, 401 Unauthorized) or properly validates user roles before executing sensitive operations.Affected if The service allows standard users to perform privileged user management operations without proper role validation
You are affected if the SGUDA U-Lock central lock control service is deployed in your environment and standard users can bypass authorization to access privileged user management APIs.
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 role-based authorization checks in all user management APIs to ensure only privileged users can access sensitive operations. Validate user permissions before executing any privileged actions.
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