Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-39560

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-16
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 Shahjada Live Forms liveforms allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Live Forms: from n/a through <= 4.8.4.

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 Shahjada Live Forms allows attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to form data or administrative functions.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks at the application layer to verify user permissions before granting access to sensitive form operations, or update to a patched version if available.

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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 Shahjada Live Forms installation
    Locate the Shahjada Live Forms application in your environment - check for its web interface, installed files, or running services. Look for application directories or the product name in running processes.
    Affected if The application is present and accessible in your environment
  2. Review security level configuration
    Access the administration panel or configuration files for Shahjada Live Forms. Look for settings related to security levels, access control, or authorization. Check if there is a setting that controls whether authorization checks are enforced.
    Affected if Security level is set to a value that disables or bypasses authorization checks, or is set to an incorrectly low/permittive level
  3. Test access to form data without authentication
    Attempt to access form submission data, form templates, or administrative functions directly via URL or API without providing valid credentials. Observe whether access is granted without authentication prompts.
    Affected if Access is granted to form data or administrative functions without requiring valid authentication or authorization
  4. Verify authorization enforcement on sensitive operations
    Log in with a standard (non-administrator) user account and attempt to access, modify, or delete form data or administrative configurations that should be restricted. Check if the application properly denies unauthorized access.
    Affected if Standard users can access restricted form data or administrative functions that they should not have permission to view or modify

You are affected if Shahjada Live Forms is installed and the security configuration allows unauthorized access to form data or administrative functions without proper authorization 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

Implement proper authorization checks at the application layer to verify user permissions before granting access to sensitive form operations, or update to a patched version if available.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Review / QA2.0 h
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