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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-48257

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-19
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
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Projectopia Projectopia projectopia-core allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Projectopia: from n/a through <= 5.1.17.

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

This is a Missing Authorization (Broken Access Control) vulnerability in Projectopia Core where the application fails to properly enforce authorization checks due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. An authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this misconfiguration to access resources or perform actions beyond their intended permissions.

MitigationReview and correct the access control security level configurations to ensure proper authorization checks are enforced at all privilege boundaries. Implement explicit permission validation before allowing access to sensitive resources or administrative functions.

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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
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checks

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  1. Identify Projectopia Core installation and version
    Locate the Projectopia Core installation and determine the installed version number. Check common locations such as the application admin panel, version file in the web root (version.php or similar), or the package manifest. Compare the found version against any known affected version ranges.
    Affected if The installed version of Projectopia Core falls within the vulnerable version range for this CVE.
  2. Locate access control security level configuration
    Search the application configuration files for settings related to access control, authorization, or security level. Common file locations include config.php, settings.php, security.php, or a dedicated acl/auth configuration file within the application directory structure. Look for parameters named like 'security_level', 'access_control', 'auth_mode', or 'acl_config'.
    Affected if A security level or access control configuration setting exists and is set to a value that disables or weakens authorization checks.
  3. Verify admin/sensitive functions require proper authorization
    Examine the application's role-based access control (RBAC) implementation for sensitive functions such as user management, settings modification, data export, or administrative panels. Check if these endpoints/controllers verify user permissions before executing actions. Inspect the code for proper permission checks (e.g., function calls to authorization libraries before sensitive operations).
    Affected if Sensitive functions or administrative endpoints can be accessed or executed without proper permission validation, indicating the broken access control is present.
  4. Review user role permission boundaries
    If the application supports multiple user roles (e.g., admin, manager, user, guest), test or inspect whether users with lower-privileged roles can perform actions reserved for higher-privileged roles. Check role configuration files or database tables that define role capabilities. Compare the configured permissions against expected business logic.
    Affected if Users assigned to a limited role can access resources or perform actions assigned to a higher-privileged role due to missing or ineffective permission boundaries.

A user is affected if they are running a vulnerable version of Projectopia Core with access control security level configurations that fail to enforce proper authorization checks at privilege boundaries.

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

Review and correct the access control security level configurations to ensure proper authorization checks are enforced at all privilege boundaries. Implement explicit permission validation before allowing access to sensitive resources or administrative functions.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
36.0 hours of engineering $6,400
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