CVE-2025-53236
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in AndonDesign UDesign Core u-design-core allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects UDesign Core: from n/a through <= 4.14.0.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in AndonDesign UDesign Core allows attackers to access protected functionality due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The access control system exists but is misconfigured, permitting unauthorized access to resources that should require proper authorization 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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm UDesign Core installationLocate and identify the AndonDesign UDesign Core application in your environment - check for the UDesign Core software, its binaries, or web application endpointsAffected if UDesign Core is installed and running in the environment
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Identify the access control moduleLocate the access control security system configuration within UDesign Core - search for security level settings, access control configuration files, or authorization middlewareAffected if An access control system exists but security level configurations are present and potentially misconfigured
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Test unauthorized access to protected functionsAttempt to access sensitive endpoints, administrative functions, or protected resources within UDesign Core without providing valid authentication credentials or proper authorization tokensAffected if Access is granted to protected functionality without proper authorization validation
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Inspect access control security level settingsReview the security level configuration values assigned to endpoints and functions in UDesign Core - compare the configured levels against expected secure valuesAffected if Security levels are set too permissively or incorrectly, allowing lower-privilege or unauthenticated access to sensitive operations
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Verify authorization enforcement on sensitive operationsExecute sensitive or administrative operations within UDesign Core using an account that should not have permissions for those actionsAffected if The system allows execution of privileged operations without proper authorization checks despite the access control system being present
Your environment is affected if UDesign Core is installed and the access control security levels are misconfigured, allowing unauthorized access to protected functionality that should require proper authorization validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReview and correct access control security level configurations across all endpoints and functions in UDesign Core, ensuring proper authorization checks are enforced for sensitive operations.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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