Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2024-54378

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-12-16
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Quietly Quietly Insights quietly-insights allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Quietly Insights: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.

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 confidence

Missing authorization in Quietly Insights allows authenticated users to escalate privileges, likely by accessing administrative functions or performing actions outside their intended role permissions. The vulnerability exists across version 1.2.2 and earlier.

MitigationImplement and enforce proper authorization checks on all sensitive operations and role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure users can only access resources and actions permitted by their assigned role.

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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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Quietly Insights installation
    Locate the Quietly Insights application in your environment - check installed applications, web server directories, or container images where this software may be deployed
    Affected if Quietly Insights is present in your environment
  2. Determine installed version
    Check the application version using its admin interface, package manager, or version file (e.g., composer.json, package.json, or a dedicated version endpoint if available)
    Affected if The installed version is 1.2.2 or any earlier version of Quietly Insights
  3. Verify user role configuration
    Review the user management system and role assignments in the application. Check if regular authenticated users have access to administrative functions, settings, or APIs that should be restricted to higher-privilege roles
    Affected if Regular authenticated users can access administrative functions or perform privileged actions they should not be authorized to perform
  4. Inspect authorization controls on sensitive endpoints
    Test access to administrative URLs, APIs, or functions using a standard authenticated user account that should have limited permissions
    Affected if The application allows a low-privilege authenticated user to access or execute functions reserved for administrators or other higher-privilege roles
  5. Review audit and access logs
    Examine application logs for unusual access patterns where lower-privilege users accessed administrative features or performed actions outside their assigned role permissions
    Affected if Logs show authenticated users accessing resources or executing actions beyond their defined role permissions

Your environment is affected if Quietly Insights version 1.2.2 or earlier is installed AND low-privilege authenticated users can access administrative functions or perform actions outside their role permissions.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement and enforce proper authorization checks on all sensitive operations and role-based access controls (RBAC) to ensure users can only access resources and actions permitted by their assigned role.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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