# CVE-2022-25570: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can access unauthorized password lists in the same folder due to improper permission checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 21 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghjr-v93q-vx27

## What is CVE-2022-25570?

CVE-2022-25570 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Click Studios (SA) Pty Ltd Passwordstate 9435, users with access to a passwordlist can gain access to additional password lists without permissions. Specifically, an authenticated user who has write permissions to a password list in one folder (with the default permission model) can extend his permissions to all other password lists in the same folder.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25570?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Clickstudios Passwordstate.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25570?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25570 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25570 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25570 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-26061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26061/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-3875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3875/): Click Studios Passwordstate API authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2020-27747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27747/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2018-14776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14776/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-4613](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4613/): Click Studios Passwordstate Browser Extension Provisioning improper authorization (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25570 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25570 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 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-2022-25570 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-2022-25570/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25570/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25570
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25570
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25570

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25570/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.