Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-46745

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-12
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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71/100
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
An authenticated user without user-management permissions could view other users account information.

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

This is an IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) or broken access control vulnerability where an authenticated user lacking user-management permissions can still view other users' account information. The application's authorization logic fails to properly enforce permission boundaries when accessing user data.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks to verify user-management permissions before allowing access to other users account information. Ensure all user data access paths enforce the same permission validation.

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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
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

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 the application's user management module
    Locate the module or endpoint that handles user data retrieval (e.g., /users, /api/users, user-profile endpoints). Review the codebase for routes that accept user IDs as parameters.
    Affected if The application exposes endpoints that accept user identifiers without additional context.
  2. Confirm role-based access control exists
    Check the application for role or permission definitions (e.g., roles like 'admin', 'user', 'manager'). Verify if a permission model exists that distinguishes between regular users and users with user-management privileges.
    Affected if The application has a role system but lacks explicit user-management permission checks.
  3. Test unauthorized access with a low-privilege account
    Create or obtain a test account without user-management permissions. Authenticate as this user and attempt to access user data belonging to a different user by modifying URL parameters, API request bodies, or headers that reference other user IDs.
    Affected if The request succeeds and returns data for a user other than the authenticated user.
  4. Review authorization logic in user data endpoints
    Inspect the code handling user data retrieval requests. Trace the permission validation path to see if user-management permission is checked before returning user account information.
    Affected if The code lacks a permission check, or the check is bypassed, commented out, or only enforced on certain code paths.

A user without user-management permissions can retrieve account details of other users by manipulating user identifiers in requests.

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 to verify user-management permissions before allowing access to other users account information. Ensure all user data access paths enforce the same permission validation.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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