# CVE-2025-14089: Himool ERP AdminActionViewSet update_account improper authorization

> Remote attackers can modify account details via the update_account endpoint due to missing authorization checks in Himool ERP.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3ch6-fjmw-mj86

## What is CVE-2025-14089?

CVE-2025-14089 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Himool ERP, published on 5 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was identified in Himool ERP up to 2.2. Affected by this issue is the function update_account of the file /api/admin/update_account/ of the component AdminActionViewSet. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14089?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14089 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14089 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14089 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14089 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14089 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Himool ERP, published on 5 Dec 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-2025-14089 exists.

Affected product: Himool ERP. 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-2025-14089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14089/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14089
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14089
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14089

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14089/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.