CVE-2024-50475
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 Authorization vulnerability in Scott Gamon Signup Page signup-page allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Signup Page: from n/a through <= 1.0.
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 confidenceA Missing Authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Scott Gamon Signup Page allows an attacker to bypass access controls on the signup endpoint, enabling privilege escalation. The signup page lacks proper authorization checks, allowing unauthorized users to create accounts with elevated privileges or access administrative functions they should not have.
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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
- 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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Locate the Scott Gamon Signup Page installationSearch your application codebase or web server for files related to 'signup', 'register', or 'Scott Gamon' - check for endpoints like /signup, /register, /create-accountAffected if The signup page component exists in your environment and is accessible via web endpoints
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Test signup endpoint accessibility without authenticationAttempt to access the signup page and submit a registration request without providing valid authentication credentials or session tokensAffected if The signup endpoint accepts requests from unauthenticated or unauthorized users without returning an authorization error
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Check for role or privilege parameters in signup requestsInspect the signup form or API request parameters for fields that accept role, privilege, or permission values (such as 'role', 'admin', 'is_admin', 'privileges')Affected if The signup functionality allows specifying or manipulating role/privilege parameters during account creation
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Verify authorization enforcement on account creationReview application logs and configuration to confirm whether the signup endpoint validates user permissions before processing account creation requestsAffected if No authorization check is performed before allowing account creation, or any user can trigger the signup process regardless of their current role
If the signup endpoint accepts unauthenticated requests and allows account creation with elevated privileges through role parameter manipulation, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.
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 authorization checks on the signup endpoint to verify user permissions before allowing account creation. Enforce role-based access control (RBAC) and restrict signup functionality to authorized personnel only.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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