Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-62141

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-31
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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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
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Information Technology Wawp automation-web-platform allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Wawp: from n/a through <= 4.4.

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

A Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wawp automation-web-platform versions through 4.4 allows attackers to access resources or perform actions without proper authorization due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.

MitigationImplement and enforce proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and resources, validating user permissions before granting access to functionality or data.

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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

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

  1. Identify Wawp automation-web-platform installation
    Locate the application installation directory or check running services for the Wawp automation-web-platform component
    Affected if The application is present in the environment
  2. Determine installed version
    Check the application's version information (typically in a version file, package.json, or application metadata) and compare it against the affected range (through version 4.4)
    Affected if Installed version is 4.4 or earlier
  3. Identify access control configuration
    Locate and examine security configuration files related to access control, permissions, or authorization settings (often in config/security, config/permissions, or similar directories)
    Affected if Access control settings are found to be misconfigured or set to overly permissive levels
  4. Review sensitive endpoint access controls
    Inspect the application's endpoints or API routes, particularly administrative or privileged functions, to verify whether proper authorization checks are enforced before granting access
    Affected if Sensitive endpoints can be accessed without valid authorization or with insufficient permission validation
  5. Check security level settings
    Examine the security configuration files that define access control security levels, looking for settings that may be incorrectly configured or set below required levels
    Affected if Security level configuration is set incorrectly or allows unauthorized access to protected resources

The environment is affected if Wawp automation-web-platform version 4.4 or earlier is installed and sensitive endpoints or resources are accessible without proper authorization due to misconfigured access control security levels.

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 and enforce proper authorization checks on all sensitive endpoints and resources, validating user permissions before granting access to functionality or data.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,880
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