Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-69009

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-12-30
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
Missing Authorization vulnerability in kamleshyadav Medicalequipment medicalequipment allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Medicalequipment: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.

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 the Medicalequipment application allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control (OWASP Top 10) issue permits unauthorized users to access functionality or resources they should not be permitted to reach, likely due to missing permission checks on certain endpoints or functions.

MitigationImplement proper authorization validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions, ensuring user permissions are verified before granting access to resources or executing actions. Conduct a comprehensive access control audit across the application.

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

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

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  1. Confirm Medicalequipment application presence
    Identify if the Medicalequipment application is deployed in your environment by checking installed software, application directories, or running processes related to medical equipment management.
    Affected if The Medicalequipment application is present in the environment.
  2. Map sensitive endpoints and functions
    Review the application's API documentation, source code, or network traffic to identify endpoints or functions that handle sensitive data or privileged operations (patient records, equipment controls, administrative functions).
    Affected if The application contains endpoints or functions that handle sensitive data or privileged operations.
  3. Test access without authentication
    Attempt to access identified sensitive endpoints or functions using unauthenticated requests (e.g., direct API calls or HTTP requests to endpoints without providing credentials).
    Affected if Unauthenticated requests successfully access sensitive endpoints or execute privileged functions.
  4. Test access with limited authorization
    Access sensitive endpoints or functions using a user account with minimal or no privileges (e.g., a guest or standard user account).
    Affected if A low-privilege user can access resources or execute functions reserved for administrators or higher-privileged roles.
  5. Verify authorization logic in code or configuration
    Inspect the application's source code or configuration files for access control implementation. Look for authorization checks (permission validation, role verification) before executing sensitive operations or returning restricted resources.
    Affected if Sensitive endpoints or functions lack visible authorization checks in the code or configuration.

If the Medicalequipment application is present and allows unauthorized or low-privilege users to access sensitive endpoints, functions, or resources without proper authorization validation, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.

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 validation on all sensitive endpoints and functions, ensuring user permissions are verified before granting access to resources or executing actions. Conduct a comprehensive access control audit across the application.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation8.0 h
  • Implementation16.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
36.0 hours of engineering $6,400
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