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

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

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **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:** 9 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 22 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xxvh-9c87-pqjx

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21660?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- CVE-2022-21660 (github_poc): https://github.com/UzJu/Gin-Vue-admin-poc-CVE-2022-21660

## Other vulnerabilities in flipped-aurora gin-vue-admin

- [CVE-2022-39345](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39345/): Gin-vue-admin arbitrary file upload vulnerability caused by path traversal (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-39305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39305/): Gin-vue-admin vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-44219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44219/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-32176](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32176/): Gin-vue-admin - Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-32177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32177/): Gin-vue-admin - Unrestricted File Upload (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-21660 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: flipped-aurora gin-vue-admin. 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-2022-21660/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21660/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21660
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21660
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21660

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-21660/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.