Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-23982

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-01-27
Mitigation only
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 Gopi krishnan Fare Calculator fare-calculator allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Fare Calculator: from n/a through <= 1.1.

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 confidence

A missing authorization vulnerability in the Fare Calculator plugin allows authenticated users to inject malicious scripts via input fields that are stored and executed when other users view the data. This is a Stored XSS vulnerability stemming from insufficient authorization checks combined with lack of input sanitization.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks on all fare calculation input endpoints and apply output encoding/sanitization to prevent script execution.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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

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  1. Identify if Fare Calculator plugin is installed
    Check your CMS/plugin directory for a Fare Calculator plugin or check the installed plugins list in your admin panel
    Affected if The Fare Calculator plugin is present in the system
  2. Determine the installed version of the Fare Calculator plugin
    Access the plugin settings or version information page in your admin panel, or inspect the plugin metadata file (typically version.txt, plugin.json, or the main plugin PHP file header)
    Affected if The installed version is unknown or falls within a vulnerable version range for this CVE
  3. Inspect stored fare calculation data for malicious scripts
    Access the database tables that store fare calculation inputs (such as fare_records, calculations, or similar data tables) and examine stored values in input fields (origin, destination, passenger count, etc.) for unsanitized HTML/script tags
    Affected if Stored data contains unescaped HTML tags, script elements, or event handler attributes in any fare input fields
  4. Verify authorization controls on fare calculation endpoints
    Test creating fare calculations as a low-privileged authenticated user, then attempt to view or edit those calculations as a different user or admin role to verify if proper access controls exist
    Affected if Users can inject or view data from other users without proper authorization checks
  5. Test input fields for XSS vulnerability
    Submit a benign XSS test payload (such as <script>alert(1)</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert(1)>) into fare calculator input fields, then view the stored data as a different user or admin to see if the script executes
    Affected if The submitted script payload executes when viewed by another user, confirming stored XSS

The environment is affected if the Fare Calculator plugin is installed and either the version is vulnerable or stored XSS payloads can be executed by viewing fare calculation data as a different user.

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

Implement proper authorization checks on all fare calculation input endpoints and apply output encoding/sanitization to prevent script execution.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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