CVE-2025-68051
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 · uneditedAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Shiprocket Shiprocket shiprocket allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Shiprocket: from n/a through <= 2.0.8.
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 confidenceThis is an authorization bypass vulnerability where the application uses a user-controlled key (such as an ID, token, or parameter) to make access control decisions without proper validation. An attacker can manipulate this key to access resources or perform actions outside their intended permissions, exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify authorization-related codeSearch your codebase for access control logic: look for functions checking permissions, roles, or ownership. Focus on endpoints that enforce authorization.Affected if The application contains code that makes access control decisions based on user input.
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Find user-controlled input in access decisionsReview authorization code to identify if it uses parameters from HTTP requests (query strings, headers, path parameters, request body fields) to determine what resource a user can access.Affected if User-supplied values (like IDs, tokens, or filenames from request parameters) are used directly in authorization logic.
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Verify input validation on authorization parametersExamine if the code validates that the user-controlled input matches the authenticated user's actual permissions, such as checking ownership before granting access.Affected if The application accepts user-controlled keys without verifying they correspond to resources the user is authorized to access.
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Review access control configurationInspect application configuration files, security policies, or middleware settings that define authorization rules and permission mappings.Affected if Configuration allows user input to override or bypass defined permission boundaries.
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Test parameter manipulationIf you have access to a test environment, attempt to access resources by modifying IDs, tokens, or other parameters in requests to values belonging to other users.Affected if Manipulating user-controlled parameters grants access to resources outside the user's authorized scope.
You are affected if your application uses user-supplied input in access control decisions without validating that the requesting user has legitimate permissions for the requested resource.
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 dataImplement proper server-side authorization checks that validate user permissions for all resource access, ensuring user-controlled keys cannot bypass access control logic. Additionally, implement principle of least privilege and validate all input used in authorization decisions against expected values.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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