Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2024-2292

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.0 Published 2025-03-20
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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77/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Due 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 confidence

This 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.

MitigationImplement 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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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify endpoints or functions that accept object identifiers
    Review 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 bodies
    Affected if Your application uses direct object references without additional authorization checks
  2. Locate the authorization logic for resource access
    Search your codebase for permission verification functions or access control middleware that validates user ownership before allowing read or write operations on resources
    Affected if No explicit ownership or permission check exists before returning or modifying data
  3. Test resource access across different user accounts
    Using 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 references
    Affected if A lower-privileged user can view or alter data belonging to a higher-privileged user without receiving an authorization error
  4. Inspect database queries for missing ownership filters
    Review 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
  5. Check API response consistency for authorization failures
    Compare API responses when accessing the same resource with valid versus invalid user credentials to confirm proper 403/401 responses are returned
    Affected if The application returns data instead of an authorization error when a user requests another user's resource
  6. Audit authentication versus authorization implementation
    Verify that your application distinguishes between authentication (verifying who the user is) and authorization (verifying what the user can access), ensuring both are implemented
    Affected 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.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement 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.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation6.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,980
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