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Improper Access Control

CVE-2023-23835

Medium
5.9/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in Mendix Applications using Mendix 7 (All versions < V7.23.34), Mendix Applications using Mendix 8 (All versions < V8.18.23), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (All versions < V9.22.0), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (V9.12) (All versions < V9.12.10), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (V9.18) (All versions < V9.18.4), Mendix Applications using Mendix 9 (V9.6) (All versions < V9.6.15). Some of the Mendix runtime API’s allow attackers to bypass XPath constraints and retrieve information using XPath queries that trigger errors.

  • HIGH
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published