CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-29452

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2021-04-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-04-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-269, CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• curveballjs a12n-server (>= 0.18.0 < 0.18.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References