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GHSA-8HW9-22V6-9JR9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-04-19 15:14 – Updated: 2021-04-16 23:04

Summary

Any logged in user could edit any other logged in user.

Details

Impact

Everyone who is running a12n-server.

A new HAL-Form was added to allow editing users. This feature should only have been accessible to admins. Unfortunately, privileges were incorrectly checked allowing any logged in user to make this change.

Patches

Patched in v0.18.2

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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        "name": "@curveball/a12n-server"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0.18.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.18.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-29452"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-269",
      "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-16T23:04:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-04-16T22:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nEveryone who is running a12n-server. \n\nA new HAL-Form was added to allow editing users. This feature should only have been accessible to admins. Unfortunately, privileges were incorrectly checked allowing any logged in user to make this change.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in v0.18.2",
  "id": "GHSA-8hw9-22v6-9jr9",
  "modified": "2021-04-16T23:04:15Z",
  "published": "2021-04-19T15:14:33Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/curveball/a12n-server/security/advisories/GHSA-8hw9-22v6-9jr9"
    },
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    },
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Any logged in user could edit any other logged in user."
}

CVE-2021-29452 (GCVE-0-2021-29452)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-16 21:35 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:02

Title

Any logged in user could edit any other logged in user.

Summary

a12n-server is an npm package which aims to provide a simple authentication system. A new HAL-Form was added to allow editing users in version 0.18.0. This feature should only have been accessible to admins. Unfortunately, privileges were incorrectly checked allowing any logged in user to make this change. Patched in v0.18.2.

Severity ?

8.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE

CWE-269 - {"CWE-269":"Improper Privilege Management"}

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/curveball/a12n-server/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.npmjs.com/package/%40curveball/a12n-server	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	curveball	a12n-server	Affected: >= 0.18 < 0.18.2

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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