Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-22534

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-07
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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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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 Ella Van Durpe Slides & Presentations slide allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Slides & Presentations: from n/a through <= 0.0.39.

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 vulnerability in Ella Van Durpe's Slides & Presentations component allows attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels. The flaw enables unauthorized access to slide/presentation functionality without proper permission validation, rated CVSS 5.4 (medium) indicating adjacent network attack vector with low privileges required.

MitigationApply vendor patch when available (upgrade beyond version 0.0.39) and implement proper role-based access control (RBAC) checks on all slide/presentation endpoints.

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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
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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 the installed version of Ella Van Durpe's Slides & Presentations component
    Check your application's dependency manifest, package.json, composer.json, or the specific library version file for the slides-presentations component. Compare the version number against the affected range.
    Affected if The installed version is earlier than 0.0.39
  2. Verify the Slides & Presentations feature is enabled
    Check your application configuration or admin settings to confirm whether the Slides & Presentations module is active and accessible to users.
    Affected if The component is installed and the presentation/slide functionality is enabled for users
  3. Inspect access control configuration on slide/presentation endpoints
    Review the application's security configuration, permission settings, or middleware definitions for routes related to slides and presentations. Look for any endpoint access rules.
    Affected if No explicit role-based or permission-based access control is configured on slide/presentation API endpoints
  4. Test for unauthorized access to slide functionality
    Using a low-privilege or unauthenticated account, attempt to access slide/presentation creation, viewing, or modification endpoints. Check if requests are rejected or improperly allowed.
    Affected if Requests from low-privilege users are accepted without proper authorization validation

A user is affected if the installed version is before 0.0.39 and the Slides & Presentations component is enabled, allowing unauthorized access without proper RBAC validation.

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

Apply vendor patch when available (upgrade beyond version 0.0.39) and implement proper role-based access control (RBAC) checks on all slide/presentation endpoints.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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