CVE-2024-50485
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 · uneditedIncorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Udit Rawat Exam Matrix exam-matrix allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Exam Matrix: from n/a through <= 1.5.
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 critical privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Exam Matrix versions up to 1.5 where the application improperly assigns user privileges, allowing authenticated or potentially unauthenticated users to gain administrative or elevated access beyond what they should be authorized for.
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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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Identify installed Exam Matrix versionLocate the version identifier in the application (check version file, about page, footer, or config files within the Exam Matrix installation directory). Compare this version number against the affected range (version 1.5 and below are vulnerable).Affected if The installed version is 1.5 or any version lower than 1.5
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Review user role configurationAccess the application admin panel or examine the database/role configuration files to list all defined user roles and their assigned privilege levels. Identify if any roles have administrative or elevated permissions beyond what is documented or intended.Affected if Any user role has administrative privileges that should not be assigned based on the principle of least privilege
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Inspect privilege assignment endpointsExamine the application source code or API endpoints that handle user privilege modifications (such as role assignment, permission updates, or user promotion functions). Check if these endpoints can be accessed without proper authorization checks.Affected if Endpoints exist that allow privilege escalation without requiring admin-level authentication or proper authorization validation
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Verify admin account inventoryList all user accounts with administrative or elevated access within the application. Cross-reference against records of accounts created through legitimate administrative processes.Affected if There are administrative accounts present that were not created through the proper provisioning workflow or that belong to users who should not have elevated access
A user is affected if their Exam Matrix installation is version 1.5 or lower, or if unauthorized privilege escalation pathways or unexpected admin accounts exist in the system.
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 dataUpgrade Exam Matrix to the latest version beyond 1.5 and conduct a comprehensive authorization code review to identify and remediate all insecure privilege assignment pathways.
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- Testing16.0 h
- Review / QA8.0 h
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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-2024-50485 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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