CVE-2024-40531
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 · uneditedA mass assignment vulnerability exists in Pantera CRM versions 401.152 and 402.072. This flaw allows authenticated users to modify any user attribute, including roles, by injecting additional parameters via profile management functions.
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 · high confidenceA mass assignment vulnerability in Pantera CRM versions 401.152 and 402.072 allows authenticated users to modify arbitrary user attributes, including elevated roles, by injecting additional parameters through profile management functions. This occurs because the application does not properly whitelist which fields can be modified during profile updates.
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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
- 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 Pantera CRM installation and versionLocate the application and determine its installed version number. This is typically found in the application header, about page, or configuration file.Affected if The installed version matches 401.152 or 402.072 exactly.
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Verify authenticated user access existsConfirm that user authentication is enabled and that regular user accounts can log into the system.Affected if User authentication is active and regular users can access the system.
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Locate profile management functionalityIdentify the profile or account management endpoint where users can update their personal information.Affected if Profile management endpoint exists and is accessible to authenticated users.
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Inspect profile update request handlingReview the backend code or configuration that handles profile update requests to determine if field allowlisting is implemented.Affected if No field allowlisting or whitelist is enforced, allowing arbitrary parameters to be passed.
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Check authorization controls on profile updatesVerify whether the application restricts which user attributes can be modified by regular users.Affected if Users can modify elevated role attributes or other users attributes through profile updates.
A user is affected if they are running Pantera CRM versions 401.152 or 402.072 with authentication enabled and the profile management endpoint lacks proper field allowlisting.
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 strict allowlisting of permitted fields in profile management endpoints and add proper authorization checks to ensure users can only modify their own allowed attributes. Consider auditing all similar endpoints for mass assignment issues.
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