CVE-2022-4879 Forged Alliance Forever Vote improper authorization
Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Vote Handler component of Forged Alliance Forever, allowing unauthorized actions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4879?
CVE-2022-4879 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Forged Alliance Forever, published on 6 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability was found in Forged Alliance Forever up to 3746. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Vote Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. Upgrading to version 3747 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6880971bd3d73d942384aff62d53058c206ce644. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217555.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4879?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Forged Alliance Forever Project Forged Alliance Forever.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4879?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4879 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-2022-4879 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4879 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qp77-ff7g-3q58.