Advisories

BlueWave Checkmate <= 2.0.2 Edit Profile Request Privilege Escalation

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • Checkmate <= 2.0.2 prior to commit b387eba

CWE
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CVSS
8.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Maksim Rogov
Description
BlueWave Checkmate versions up to and including 2.0.2, prior to commit b387eba, contain an improper authorization vulnerability in the user profile update (“edit user”) functionality. A low-privileged user can tamper with the profile edit request to include a role attribute and thereby assign themselves elevated permissions, because the application accepts role changes from client-supplied request data rather than restricting role assignment to authorized server-side logic.