CVE-2024-50619
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 · uneditedVulnerabilities in the My Account and User Management components in CIPPlanner CIPAce before 9.17 allows attackers to escalate their access levels. A low-privileged authenticated user can gain access to other people's accounts by tampering with the client's user id to change their account information. A low-privileged authenticated user can elevate his or her system privileges by modifying the information of a user role that is disabled in the client.
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 confidenceInsecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) and privilege escalation vulnerability in CIPPlanner CIPAce before v9.17 allows authenticated low-privilege users to manipulate client-side user IDs to access and modify other users' accounts (horizontal privilege escalation), and to elevate their own system privileges by modifying disabled user role information (vertical privilege escalation).
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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< 9.17CVSS 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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Verify CIPPlanner CIPAce versionLocate the installed CIPAce version through the application's about page, help menu, or version information typically found in the software installation directory or system registryAffected if The installed version is any release prior to version 9.17 (e.g., 9.16, 9.15, earlier releases)
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Confirm authentication is enabledVerify that user authentication is required to access the CIPAce application - check if login is enforced for all user-facing endpointsAffected if The application requires user authentication (any authenticated session can potentially exploit the IDOR flaw)
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Identify user account endpointsLocate API endpoints or web pages that handle user account operations such as viewing user profiles, editing user settings, or modifying user data. These typically involve numeric user IDs in URLs or request bodiesAffected if The application exposes endpoints that accept user identifiers as parameters without additional authorization checks
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Test horizontal privilege escalationUsing a low-privilege authenticated account, attempt to access another user's account data by modifying the user ID parameter in requests (e.g., change user_id=your_id to user_id=target_id in API calls or form submissions)Affected if A low-privilege user can successfully view, modify, or access another user's account information by changing the user ID in the request
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Test vertical privilege escalationUsing a low-privilege authenticated account, attempt to modify your own user role or privileges through profile or account modification endpoints, particularly by setting values associated with disabled or elevated rolesAffected if A low-privilege user can elevate their own permissions or access role-related fields that should be restricted
You are affected if CIPPlanner CIPAce is installed at a version below 9.17 and the application permits unauthorized access to other users' data or allows privilege escalation through client-supplied identifiers.
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.
dbcve · scoped9.17
Upgrade to CIPPlanner CIPAce version 9.17 or later which contains the fix for these authorization bypass vulnerabilities. After upgrading, verify that role-based access controls properly prevent unauthorized account access and role modification.
CIPAce 9.17
- Obtain the CIPAce version 9.17 update from the official CIPPlanner vendor (cipplanner.com)
- Ensure you have a complete backup of your current CIPAce configuration and database
- Review the release notes for version 9.17 to understand any installation requirements
- Apply the upgrade to your CIPAce installation following the vendor's documented upgrade procedure
- After upgrading, verify that the privilege escalation vulnerabilities in My Account and User Management components are resolved
- Test that low-privileged users can no longer tamper with client user IDs to access other accounts
- Test that low-privileged users can no longer modify disabled user roles to elevate privileges
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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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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