# CVE-2021-25448: Missing authorization in Smart Touch Call

> Attackers can load arbitrary webpages in the app's webview due to improper access control, potentially leading to code execution or data theft.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2gj-m25r-2923

## What is CVE-2021-25448?

CVE-2021-25448 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Smart Touch Call, published on 5 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper access control vulnerability in Smart Touch Call prior to version 1.0.0.5 allows arbitrary webpage loading in webview.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25448?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Samsung Smart Touch Call.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-25448?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25448 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-25448 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25448 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Samsung Mobile Smart Touch Call

- [CVE-2025-58488](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58488/): Information disclosure in SmartTouchCall (medium 4.5)
- [CVE-2024-49417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49417/): Missing authorization in Smart Touch Call (low 2.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-25448 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-25448 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Samsung Mobile Smart Touch Call, published on 5 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25448 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Samsung Mobile Smart Touch Call. 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-2021-25448/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25448/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25448
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25448
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25448

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25448/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.