CVE-2024-10774
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated CROWN APIs allow access to critical functions. This leads to the accessibility of large parts of the web application without authentication.
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 CROWN web application contains API endpoints that should require authentication but are accessible without any credentials. An unauthenticated remote attacker can invoke these CROWN APIs to access critical functions, effectively bypassing authentication controls for large portions of the application.
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CVSS 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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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 CROWN web application is deployedReview your web server configurations, application manifests, or running services to locate any instance of the CROWN web application. Check for web server logs, container images, or deployment documentation mentioning 'CROWN'.Affected if CROWN web application is found running in your environment
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Locate CROWN API endpointsExamine the application's URL structure and documentation. Common API path patterns include /api/, /api/v1/, /api/crown/, /crown/api/, or similar. Use web crawler tools or review application's routing configuration files.Affected if CROWN API endpoint paths are identified in the application
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Test API accessibility without authenticationSend HTTP GET or POST requests to the identified CROWN API endpoints using a tool like curl or a browser, WITHOUT including any authentication headers, cookies, or tokens. Observe the HTTP response.Affected if The API endpoints return HTTP 200 with data or successful responses without requiring any credentials
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Verify authentication is enforced on sensitive endpointsCompare responses from protected versus unprotected endpoints. Check if sensitive API operations (such as user data, configuration, or administrative functions) are accessible without providing any authentication credentials.Affected if Critical API functions return actual data or allow operations without any authentication credentials being supplied
Your environment is affected if CROWN web application is running and its API endpoints return data or allow operations when accessed without providing any authentication credentials.
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 all CROWN API endpoints, ensuring unauthenticated requests are rejected with appropriate HTTP 401/403 responses.
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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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