# CVE-2023-2702: IDOR in Finex Media's Competition Management System

> Attackers can bypass authentication and access unauthorized data via user-controlled keys in Finex Media's Competition Management System.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 23 May 2023
- **Updated:** 22 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9h8x-p9pv-89vv

## What is CVE-2023-2702?

CVE-2023-2702 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Finex Media Competition Management System, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Finex Media Competition Management System allows Authentication Abuse, Authentication Bypass.

This issue affects Competition Management System: before 23.07.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2702?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Finexmedia Competition Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2702?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2702 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Finex Media Competition Management System

- [CVE-2023-2703](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2703/): Information Disclosure in Finex Media's Competition Management System (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2702 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2702 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Finex Media Competition Management System, published on 23 May 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Finex Media Competition Management System. 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-2023-2702/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2702/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2702
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2702
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2702

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2702/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.