CVE-2022-21660 Missing authorization in gin-vue-admin

High 8.1 Published Updated

Low-privilege users can modify higher-privilege user accounts due to missing authorization checks in the setUserInfo function.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-21660?

CVE-2022-21660 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in flipped-aurora gin-vue-admin, published on 9 Feb 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gin-vue-admin is a backstage management system based on vue and gin. In versions prior to 2.4.7 low privilege users are able to modify higher privilege users. Authentication is missing on the `setUserInfo` function. Users are advised to update as soon as possible. There are no known workarounds.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21660?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gin-Vue-Admin Project Gin-Vue-Admin.

How do I fix CVE-2022-21660?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21660 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-21660 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-21660 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xxvh-9c87-pqjx.

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