# CVE-2004-1633: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can modify bug keywords without proper authorization checks, allowing unauthorized data modification in Bugzilla.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-57h3-4hgq-6hc9

## What is CVE-2004-1633?

CVE-2004-1633 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 20 Feb 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

process_bug.cgi in Bugzilla 2.9 through 2.18rc2 and 2.19 from CVS does not check edit permissions on the keywords field, which allows remote authenticated users to modify the keywords in a bug via the keywordaction parameter.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1633?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Bugzilla.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1633?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1633 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-1633 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1633 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Bugzilla

- [CVE-2004-0769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0769/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1042/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1043/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0007](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0007/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-5123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5123/): Cross-site request forgery in Bugzilla (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1633 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1633 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mozilla Bugzilla, published on 20 Feb 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1633 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Bugzilla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1633/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1633/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1633
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1633
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1633

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1633/
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