Improper Access ControlWeakness · CWE-284

CVE-2025-60354

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-10-28
Mitigation only
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges 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
Unauthorized modification of arbitrary articles vulnerability exists in blog-vue-springboot.

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

An authorization vulnerability in the blog-vue-springboot application allows authenticated users to modify arbitrary articles belonging to other users. This indicates missing or insufficient access control checks on article modification endpoints, likely in the Spring Boot backend where user permissions are not properly validated before allowing updates.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks in the Spring Boot backend to verify that the requesting user owns or has permission to modify the specific article before processing any update requests.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 if blog-vue-springboot application is deployed
    Check for running Java processes containing 'springboot' or 'blog' in the process list, or inspect web server logs for requests to blog-vue-springboot endpoints
    Affected if The application is present in the environment
  2. Locate the article modification endpoint
    Inspect the Spring Boot application's controllers for endpoints handling article updates (typically PUT/POST to /api/articles/{id} or similar paths)
    Affected if An endpoint exists that accepts article modification requests
  3. Verify authentication is required for article updates
    Attempt to access the article modification endpoint without providing valid credentials
    Affected if The endpoint accepts requests without authentication or with any valid user credentials
  4. Test for missing ownership authorization
    Log in as User A, then attempt to modify an article that belongs to User B by using User A's valid session but specifying User B's article ID in the modification request
    Affected if The modification succeeds and User A can alter User B's article despite being a different user
  5. Inspect backend code for authorization checks
    Review the Spring Boot controller method handling article updates for @PreAuthorize, ownership validation, or similar access control logic that verifies the requesting user owns the article being modified
    Affected if No authorization check exists or the check does not validate article ownership before allowing updates

The environment is affected if the blog-vue-springboot application is deployed and authenticated users can modify articles belonging to other users due to missing ownership validation on the modification endpoint.

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 in the Spring Boot backend to verify that the requesting user owns or has permission to modify the specific article before processing any update requests.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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