# CVE-2021-43442: Business logic in n/a

> Attackers can bypass single-admin restrictions to create additional administrator accounts via parameter manipulation, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-752v-cff3-jww5

## What is CVE-2021-43442?

CVE-2021-43442 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Logic Flaw vulnerability exists in i3 International Inc Annexxus Camera V5.2.0 build 150317 (Ax46), V5.0.9 build 151106 (Ax68), and V5.0.9 build 150615 (Ax78) due to a failure to allow the creation of more than one administrator account; however, this can be bypassed by parameter maniulation using PUT and DELETE and by calling the 'UserPermission' endpoint with the ID of created account and set it to 'admin' userType, successfully adding a second administrative account.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-43442?

It affects 3 products.


Products: I3international Ax46 Firmware, I3international Ax68 Firmware, I3international Ax78 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-43442?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-43442 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-43442 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-43442 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-43442 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-43442 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Apr 2022. 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-2021-43442 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-2021-43442/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43442/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-43442
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43442
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-43442

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43442/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.