# CVE-2021-41191: API giving out files without key

> Attackers with the API URL can access product files without an API key, exposing sensitive data in the Roblox-Purchasing-Hub application.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 27 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76mx-6584-4v8q

## What is CVE-2021-41191?

CVE-2021-41191 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redon-Tech Roblox-Purchasing-Hub, published on 27 Oct 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Roblox-Purchasing-Hub is an open source Roblox product purchasing hub. A security risk in versions 1.0.1 and prior allowed people who have someone's API URL to get product files without an API key. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.2. As a workaround, add `@require_apikey` in `BOT/lib/cogs/website.py` under the route for `/v1/products`.

Weakness: CWE-116 (Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41191?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redon Roblox Purchasing Hub.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-41191?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41191 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-41191 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redon-Tech Roblox-Purchasing-Hub

- [CVE-2024-31442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31442/): Redon-Hub has incorrect permissions on all admin related commands (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41191 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-41191 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redon-Tech Roblox-Purchasing-Hub, published on 27 Oct 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-2021-41191 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redon-Tech Roblox-Purchasing-Hub. 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-2021-41191/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41191/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41191
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41191
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41191

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41191/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.