CVE-2025-22657
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 Vito Peleg Atarim atarim-visual-collaboration allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Atarim: from n/a through <= 4.0.9.
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 Atarim visual collaboration plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to access functionality they shouldn't have access to due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue affects all versions through 4.0.9, indicating a fundamental flaw in how the plugin handles permission checks for certain operations.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 Atarim plugin installation and versionLocate the Atarim plugin in your CMS/platform plugin directory or administration panel, and record the installed version numberAffected if The installed version is 4.0.9 or any earlier version, since all versions through 4.0.9 are affected by the missing authorization flaw
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Verify access control security level configurationAccess the Atarim plugin settings or admin panel and locate the access control or permission settings. Check whether security levels are explicitly defined for each operation or featureAffected if No explicit access control security levels are defined, or security levels are set to allow unrestricted access for certain operations
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Confirm whether anonymous or unauthenticated access is permittedIn the plugin configuration, check if anonymous/unauthenticated users are granted any access permissions or can perform collaborative actions without loginAffected if Anonymous or unauthenticated users have any elevated permissions or can access collaboration features without authentication
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Review role-based access control (RBAC) mappingsExamine the plugin's role permission matrix to verify which user roles are permitted to access administrative or elevated collaboration functionsAffected if Roles without proper authorization checks are mapped to sensitive operations, or no role validation occurs before executing privileged actions
You are affected if Atarim plugin version 4.0.9 or earlier is installed AND access control security levels are not properly configured to restrict unauthorized users from accessing privileged functionality.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of Atarim that includes proper authorization checks, or implement role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure users can only access functionality appropriate to their security level.
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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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