CVE-2025-22534
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 · uneditedMissing 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 confidenceMissing 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.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed version of Ella Van Durpe's Slides & Presentations componentCheck 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
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Verify the Slides & Presentations feature is enabledCheck 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
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Inspect access control configuration on slide/presentation endpointsReview 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
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Test for unauthorized access to slide functionalityUsing 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.
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 dataApply 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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- 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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