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Improper Access Control

CVE-2023-2670

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Lost and Found Information System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin/?page=user/manage_user. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-228886 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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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