CVE-2023-25780
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 · uneditedIt is identified a vulnerability of insufficient authentication in an important specific function of Status PowerBPM. A LAN attacker with normal user privilege can exploit this vulnerability to modify substitute agent to arbitrary users, resulting in serious consequence.
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 confidenceInsufficient authentication vulnerability in Status PowerBPM allows a LAN attacker with normal user privileges to modify substitute agent settings to arbitrary users, enabling privilege escalation beyond the attacker's intended authorization level.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 2.0CVSS 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
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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 Status PowerBPM versionCheck the installed Status PowerBPM version by accessing the application about page, help menu, or checking the software installation directory for version information. Compare against version 2.0.Affected if The installed version is exactly 2.0 (the only affected version).
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Verify substitute agent feature configurationNavigate to the PowerBPM administration or user settings interface and locate the substitute agent or delegation settings panel. Check if this feature is accessible or configured in the environment.Affected if The substitute agent feature is present and accessible in the application.
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Inspect authentication for substitute agent modificationsReview the application's authentication mechanism for the substitute agent modification function. This may require checking the web server logs, application configuration files, or using a proxy to capture request headers when modifying substitute agent settings.Affected if Normal authenticated users can access the substitute agent modification endpoint without elevated authorization checks.
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Check user privilege assignment for delegate functionsExamine the user role permissions within PowerBPM to determine what privileges a standard (non-admin) user has regarding assigning or modifying substitute agents for other users.Affected if A standard user account can modify substitute agent settings for other users beyond their own account.
If Status PowerBPM version 2.0 is installed AND the substitute agent feature is enabled AND a standard user can modify substitute agents for arbitrary users without proper authorization, the environment is affected by CVE-2023-25780.
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 authentication and authorization checks on the substitute agent modification function to ensure only authorized users can assign or modify substitute agents.
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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-2023-25780 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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