CVE-2023-52139 (GCVE-0-2023-52139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-29 17:21 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:48
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Title
Misskey vulnerable to improper authorization when accessing with third-party application
Summary
Misskey is an open source, decentralized social media platform. Third-party applications may be able to access some endpoints or Websocket APIs that are incorrectly specified as [kind](https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/blob/406b4bdbe79b5b0b68fcdcb3c4b6e419460a0258/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints.ts#L811) or [secure](https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/blob/406b4bdbe79b5b0b68fcdcb3c4b6e419460a0258/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints.ts#L805) without the user's permission and perform operations such as reading or adding non-public content. As a result, if the user who authenticated the application is an administrator, confidential information such as object storage secret keys and SMTP server passwords will be leaked, and general users can also create invitation codes without permission and leak non-public user information. This is patched in version [2023.12.1](https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/commit/c96bc36fedc804dc840ea791a9355d7df0748e64).
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7814 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
misskey-dev misskey Affected: < 2023.12.1
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