# CVE-2022-23869: Missing authorization in n/a

> An attacker can reset other users' passwords without authorization, leading to account takeover and privilege escalation in RuoYi.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 30 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2h36-h7fr-hrvc

## What is CVE-2022-23869?

CVE-2022-23869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ruoyi Ruoyi, published on 30 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In RuoYi v4.7.2 through the WebUI, user test1 does not have permission to reset the password of user test3, but the password of user test3 can be reset through the /system/user/resetPwd request.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ruoyi Ruoyi.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ruoyi Ruoyi

- [CVE-2024-57521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-57521/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-28402](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28402/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-28405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28405/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-28406](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28406/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-28408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-28408/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Ruoyi Ruoyi, published on 30 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ruoyi Ruoyi. 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-2022-23869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23869/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.