# CVE-2014-0908: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass authorization checks to read sensitive data or modify task assignments via REST API calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **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:** 10 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9qv4-6j6x-7jx5

## What is CVE-2014-0908?

CVE-2014-0908 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 10 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The User Attribute implementation in IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 7.5.x through 7.5.1.2, 8.0.x through 8.0.1.2, and 8.5.x through 8.5.0.1 does not verify authorization for read or write access to attribute values, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information, configure e-mail notifications, or modify task assignments via REST API calls.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0908?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Business Process Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0908?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0908 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0908 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Business Process Manager

- [CVE-2015-1961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1961/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-1769](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1769/): Cross-site request forgery in Business Process Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1539/): Privilege escalation in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-1527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1527/): XML external entity in Business Process Manager Advanced (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2015-7441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-7441/): Weak cryptography in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0908 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0908 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ibm Business Process Manager, published on 10 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0908 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Business Process Manager. 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-2014-0908/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0908/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0908
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0908
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0908

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