# CVE-2014-125054: koroket RedditOnRails Vote access control

> Attackers can bypass access controls to manipulate votes in the RedditOnRails web application, requiring a patch to secure the Vote Handler.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 7 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6mjm-3w8w-26jh

## What is CVE-2014-125054?

CVE-2014-125054 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in koroket RedditOnRails, published on 7 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in koroket RedditOnRails. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Vote Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be initiated remotely. The patch is identified as 7f3c7407d95d532fcc342b00d68d0ea09ca71030. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217594 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-125054?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Reddit-on-Rails Project Reddit-on-Rails.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-125054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-125054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-125054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-125054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-125054 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-125054 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in koroket RedditOnRails, published on 7 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-125054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: koroket RedditOnRails. 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-2014-125054/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-125054/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-125054
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-125054
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-125054

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-125054/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.