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Incorrect Privilege AssignmentWeakness · CWE-266

CVE-2025-6099

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-16
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
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
A vulnerability was found in szluyu99 gin-vue-blog up to 61dd11ccd296e8642a318ada3ef7b3f7776d2410. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file gin-blog-server/internal/manager.go of the component PATCH Request Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This product is using a rolling release to provide continious delivery. Therefore, no version details for affected nor updated releases are available.

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

The vulnerability exists in the PATCH request handler within gin-blog-server/internal/manager.go, allowing improper authorization. An attacker can exploit this to modify resources without proper authentication or authorization checks. The exploit is publicly available and can be triggered remotely.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks in the PATCH request handler to verify user permissions before allowing any resource modifications. Ensure all endpoints validate authentication tokens and authorization levels appropriately.

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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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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 gin-blog-server installation and version
    Locate the gin-blog-server binary or source code. Check the version by examining the main.go, go.mod file, or using --version flag if available. Compare against any available version tags or commit hashes.
    Affected if Running an unpatched version of gin-blog-server where the version cannot be determined or predates the fix.
  2. Locate and inspect the PATCH handler in manager.go
    Find the file gin-blog-server/internal/manager.go and examine the PATCH request handler function. Look for the function handling HTTP PATCH requests.
    Affected if The file contains a PATCH handler that processes resource modification requests.
  3. Verify authorization middleware is present in PATCH handler
    In manager.go, examine the PATCH handler code. Check if there are calls to authorization or permission validation functions (e.g., middleware for token verification, role checking) before processing the request.
    Affected if The PATCH handler lacks authorization middleware or the middleware is commented out, disabled, or conditionally bypassed.
  4. Check for improper authentication validation
    Review the PATCH handler to see if it validates authentication tokens/sessions at all. Look for any conditional logic that might skip authentication checks based on user roles, headers, or parameters.
    Affected if The handler either has no authentication check or has logic that allows bypassing authentication under certain conditions.
  5. Test PATCH endpoint accessibility remotely
    Send a PATCH request to the gin-blog-server API endpoint (e.g., via curl) without including authentication credentials or with invalid credentials. Observe if the request is accepted and processed.
    Affected if The PATCH endpoint accepts and processes requests without valid authentication tokens or authorization headers.

The environment is affected if gin-blog-server is running and the PATCH handler in manager.go either lacks authorization middleware entirely or contains logic that allows unauthenticated or unauthorized resource modifications.

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 PATCH request handler to verify user permissions before allowing any resource modifications. Ensure all endpoints validate authentication tokens and authorization levels appropriately.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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