CVE-2024-4428
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 · uneditedMissing Authentication for Critical Function, Missing Authorization vulnerability in Menulux Information Technologies Managment Portal allows Collect Data as Provided by Users. This issue affects Managment Portal: through 21.05.2024.
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 confidenceCritical authentication and authorization bypass vulnerability in Menulux Information Technologies Management Portal allows unauthenticated users to access critical functions and collect/submit data without proper credentials or authorization checks, achieving a CVSS 9.8 due to the ease of exploitation and complete compromise of data access.
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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<= 21.05.2024CVSS 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 Menulux Management Portal installationLocate the Menulux Management Portal application in your environment - check for web applications, services, or installed software named 'Menulux' or 'Management Portal'Affected if The application is present in your environment
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Determine installed versionAccess the application's admin panel, about page, or check installed files/package metadata for the version number; compare against 21.05.2024Affected if The version is 21.05.2024 or earlier (any version up to and including this date)
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Test critical function access without credentialsAttempt to access critical administrative functions, data collection endpoints, or sensitive operations directly via HTTP requests without providing any login credentialsAffected if Critical functions are accessible and respond without requiring authentication
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Verify authorization on data endpointsSubmit requests to data submission or retrieval endpoints using different user roles or no role, observing whether proper authorization checks are enforcedAffected if Data can be accessed or submitted without proper authorization credentials
Your environment is affected if the Menulux Management Portal is installed at version 21.05.2024 or earlier AND critical functions are accessible without 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 robust authentication mechanisms for all critical functions and role-based authorization checks to verify user permissions before allowing data collection or access to sensitive operations.
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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-2024-4428 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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