Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-52824

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-27
Mitigation only
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94/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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 MDJM Mobile DJ Manager mobile-dj-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Mobile DJ Manager: from n/a through <= 1.7.8.3.

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 the Mobile DJ Manager plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to sensitive administrative functions or data due to improper or absent permission checks.

MitigationImplement proper authorization validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions, enforce role-based access control (RBAC) consistently, and update to a patched version once 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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm Mobile DJ Manager plugin is installed
    Check your CMS/plugin directory for the Mobile DJ Manager plugin files, or query your system's plugin list if a CLI or admin API is available
    Affected if The plugin is present in the environment
  2. Identify the installed version
    Locate the plugin's version file (such as version.php, composer.json, or a plugin metadata file) and extract the version number
    Affected if The version cannot be determined or is within an affected range without a patched version available
  3. Verify access control configuration
    Inspect the plugin's configuration files and settings for security level definitions, permission mappings, or role-based access control (RBAC) definitions
    Affected if Security levels are set to permissive values or role definitions allow low-privileged users to access administrative functions
  4. Test sensitive endpoint authorization
    Identify administrative or sensitive plugin endpoints (such as those handling events, user data, or bookings) and send requests without proper authentication credentials or with a low-privilege user account
    Affected if Requests succeed without proper authorization tokens or permission validation
  5. Review permission check implementation
    Examine the plugin source code for authorization logic before sensitive operations, looking for missing capability checks, role verifications, or nonce validation on admin actions
    Affected if Sensitive functions lack authorization checks or rely solely on non-security measures
  6. Check for publicly accessible admin functions
    Review routing or endpoint definitions to determine if administrative functions are exposed without authentication requirements
    Affected if Admin functions are accessible to unauthenticated or unauthorized users

A user is affected if the Mobile DJ Manager plugin is installed and sensitive endpoints or administrative functions can be accessed 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 validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions, enforce role-based access control (RBAC) consistently, and update to a patched version once available.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation18.0 h
  • Testing10.0 h
  • Review / QA5.0 h
36.0 hours of engineering $6,240
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