Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-68020

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-22
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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74/100
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 WANotifier Notifier notifier allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Notifier: from n/a through <= 2.7.13.

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

This is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in WANotifier Notifier that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability exists in versions up to and including 2.7.13, where the application fails to properly validate user authorization before granting access to certain functionalities or resources.

MitigationImplement proper authorization checks across all sensitive endpoints and ensure access control configurations are correctly defined. If a patched version is available, upgrade to the fixed release.

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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
Low

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

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

  1. Identify WANotifier installation
    Locate the WANotifier Notifier application in your environment. Check for its installation directory, service, or web application instance.
    Affected if WANotifier Notifier is present in the environment
  2. Determine installed version
    Check the installed version of WANotifier Notifier. This may be visible in the application metadata, about page, configuration file, or package manager. Compare it against the affected range of versions up to and including 2.7.13.
    Affected if The installed version is 2.7.13 or any earlier version
  3. Review authorization configuration
    Inspect the application's access control or security configuration files to determine if authorization checks are properly defined for sensitive endpoints and resources.
    Affected if Authorization controls are missing, misconfigured, or not enforced on certain functionalities
  4. Test endpoint access controls
    If possible, attempt to access various application endpoints or functionalities with different user privilege levels to verify that authorization is properly enforced.
    Affected if Lower-privileged users can access resources or functionalities that should require higher privileges or explicit authorization
  5. Check security level settings
    Review the application's security level configuration, specifically any settings related to access control security levels mentioned in the vulnerability description.
    Affected if The security level is incorrectly configured or set to a permissive level that bypasses authorization checks

A user is affected if WANotifier Notifier version 2.7.13 or earlier is installed and the application lacks proper authorization checks or has 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 proper authorization checks across all sensitive endpoints and ensure access control configurations are correctly defined. If a patched version is available, upgrade to the fixed release.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,640
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