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Missing Authorization

CVE-2021-32504

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

Unauthenticated users can access sensitive web URLs through GET request, which should be restricted to maintenance users only. A malicious attacker could use this sensitive information’s to launch further attacks on the system.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published