CVE-2024-8584
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 · uneditedOrca HCM from LEARNING DIGITAL has an Missing Authentication vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attacker to exploit this functionality to create an account with administrator privilege and subsequently use it to log in.
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 confidenceOrca HCM from LEARNING DIGITAL contains a missing authentication vulnerability in its account creation functionality. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this to create an account with administrator privileges, then use those credentials to gain full administrative access to the HCM system.
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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< 11.0CVSS 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 Orca HCM installationLocate and confirm Learningdigital Orca HCM is installed in your environment. Check for Orca HCM components, services, or web applications.Affected if Orca HCM is present and version is below 11.0
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Determine installed versionAccess the Orca HCM administration panel, check the software inventory, or consult system documentation to find the exact version number.Affected if Installed version is lower than 11.0 (any version prior to 11.0)
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Review account creation endpoint exposureIdentify the account creation API or web form in Orca HCM. Test or inspect whether this endpoint is accessible without providing valid authentication credentials.Affected if The account creation functionality can be reached without any authentication token, session, or login
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Verify authorization controls on account creationExamine server-side code, configuration files, or security settings for the account creation function. Confirm whether role-based access controls are enforced to restrict account creation to authenticated administrators only.Affected if No server-side authorization check exists, or the endpoint accepts requests from unauthenticated sources
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Audit existing user accounts for unauthorized administratorsQuery the user database or administrative console to list all accounts with administrator privileges. Compare against known, expected admin accounts.Affected if Unexpected or unknown accounts with admin-level privileges exist in the system
You are affected if Orca HCM version is below 11.0 and the account creation endpoint is accessible without authentication, allowing creation of admin accounts.
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 data11.0
Implement proper authentication and authorization checks on all account creation endpoints, ensuring that only authenticated and authorized users (e.g., existing administrators) can create new accounts, with role-based access controls enforced server-side.
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- Review / QA6.0 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-2024-8584 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.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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