# CVE-2024-55072: Missing authorization in n/a

> Attackers can modify their own profile to escalate privileges or change households due to missing authorization checks in the user API.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p5fr-9m6g-c94q

## What is CVE-2024-55072?

CVE-2024-55072 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component /api/users/{user-id} of hay-kot mealie v2.2.0 allows users to edit their own profile in order to give themselves more permissions or to change their household.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-55072?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mealie Mealie.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-55072?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-55072 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-55072 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-55072 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-34615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34615/): Weak cryptography in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-56795](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56795/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2024-55073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55073/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-31992](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31992/): Mealie contains a DoS vulnerability in recipe importer (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-31994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31994/): Mealie vulnerable to a DoS in recipe image importer (GHSL-2023-228) (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-55072 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-55072 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Mar 2025. 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-2024-55072 exists.

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-2024-55072/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55072/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-55072
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55072
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-55072

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-55072/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.