# CVE-2021-22853: Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal - Broken Access Control

> Remote attackers can access sensitive user data and disrupt login functionality by exploiting broken access controls in the HR Portal.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **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:** 17 Feb 2021
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w8xc-qr4r-3x3m

## What is CVE-2021-22853?

CVE-2021-22853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal, published on 17 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HR Portal of Soar Cloud System fails to manage access control. While obtaining user ID, remote attackers can access sensitive data via a specific data packet, such as user’s login information, further causing the login function not to work.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22853?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hr Portal Project Hr Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-22853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-22853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal

- [CVE-2021-22855](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22855/): Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal - Arbitrary Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22854/): Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal - SQL Injection (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-22853 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-22853 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal, published on 17 Feb 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Soar Cloud System Co., Ltd. HR Portal. 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-2021-22853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22853/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22853
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22853
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22853

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22853/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.