# CVE-2021-41554: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can access administrative endpoints to modify profiles and escalate privileges due to missing authorization checks in ARCHIBUS Web Central.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 5 Oct 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4fg8-hr8g-58rr

## What is CVE-2021-41554?

CVE-2021-41554 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ARCHIBUS Web Central 21.3.3.815 (a version from 2014) does not properly validate requests for access to data and functionality in these affected endpoints: /archibus/schema/ab-edit-users.axvw, /archibus/schema/ab-data-dictionary-table.axvw, /archibus/schema/ab-schema-add-field.axvw, /archibus/schema/ab-core/views/process-navigator/ab-my-user-profile.axvw. By not verifying the permissions for access to resources, it allows a potential attacker to view pages that are not allowed. Specifically, it was found that any authenticated user can reach the administrative console for user management by directly requesting access to the page via URL. This allows a malicious user to modify all users' profiles, to elevate any privileges to administrative ones, or to create or delete any type of user. It is also possible to modify the emails of other users, through a misconfiguration of the username parameter, on the user profile page. This is fixed in all recent versions, such as version 26. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. Version 21.3 was officially de-supported by the end of 2020

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-41554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Archibus Web Central.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-41554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-41554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-41554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-41554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-28862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28862/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-41553](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41553/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-45165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45165/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-41555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41555/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-41554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-41554 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Oct 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-2021-41554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2021-41554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-41554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-41554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.