CVE-2024-2292
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 · uneditedDue to a lack of access control, unauthorized users are able to view and modify information pertaining to other users.
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 confidenceThis is a Broken Access Control vulnerability (specifically an Insecure Direct Object Reference or IDOR) where the application fails to verify user permissions before allowing access to resources. An attacker with low privileges can view and modify data belonging to other users by directly referencing object identifiers (such as database IDs, file names, or record IDs) without proper authorization validation.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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 endpoints or functions that accept object identifiersReview your application code and API endpoints for parameters that accept direct object references such as user IDs, record IDs, file names, or document IDs in URLs, headers, or request bodiesAffected if Your application uses direct object references without additional authorization checks
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Locate the authorization logic for resource accessSearch your codebase for permission verification functions or access control middleware that validates user ownership before allowing read or write operations on resourcesAffected if No explicit ownership or permission check exists before returning or modifying data
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Test resource access across different user accountsUsing two different user accounts with different privilege levels, attempt to access or modify a resource belonging to one user while authenticated as the other, using direct object referencesAffected if A lower-privileged user can view or alter data belonging to a higher-privileged user without receiving an authorization error
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Inspect database queries for missing ownership filtersReview database query logic to verify that WHERE clauses or JOIN conditions include user ownership validation (such as user_id matching the authenticated session)Affected if Queries return data without verifying the requesting user owns or has rights to that resource
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Check API response consistency for authorization failuresCompare API responses when accessing the same resource with valid versus invalid user credentials to confirm proper 403/401 responses are returnedAffected if The application returns data instead of an authorization error when a user requests another user's resource
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Audit authentication versus authorization implementationVerify that your application distinguishes between authentication (verifying who the user is) and authorization (verifying what the user can access), ensuring both are implementedAffected if The system authenticates users but does not enforce authorization checks before data operations
You are affected if your application uses direct object references in requests and lacks proper authorization validation to ensure users can only access their own resources.
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 and enforce robust authorization checks on all endpoints and functions that access or modify user-specific data. Verify the authenticated user's permissions match the requested resource before any operation is allowed.
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-2292 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.
- 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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