CWE-284
DiscouragedImproper Access Control
Abstraction: Pillar · Status: Incomplete
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
8494 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-CQRF-694X-55PV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-04 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:48Improper access control vulnerability in SemShareFileProvider prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to access protected data.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-21493"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-04T21:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Improper access control vulnerability in SemShareFileProvider prior to SMR May-2023 Release 1 allows local attackers to access protected data.",
"id": "GHSA-cqrf-694x-55pv",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:48:32Z",
"published": "2023-05-04T21:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21493"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb?year=2023\u0026month=05"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CQX4-9VQF-Q3M8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-28 17:38 – Updated: 2025-05-28 20:08Summary
This advisory addresses a security vulnerability in Mautic where unpublished page previews could be accessed by unauthenticated users and potentially indexed by search engines. This could lead to the unintended disclosure of draft content or sensitive information.
Unauthorized Access to Unpublished Page Previews: The page preview functionality for unpublished content, accessible via predictable URLs (e.g., /page/preview/1, /page/preview/2), lacked proper authorization checks. This allowed any unauthenticated user to view content that was not yet intended for public release, and allowed search engines to index these private preview URLs, making the content publicly discoverable.
Mitigation
Mautic has patched this vulnerability by enforcing proper permission checks on preview pages. Users should upgrade to the patched version of Mautic or later.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "mautic/core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "4.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.4.16"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "mautic/core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "5.0.0-alpha"
},
{
"fixed": "5.2.6"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
},
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "mautic/core"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "6.0.0-alpha"
},
{
"fixed": "6.0.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-5257"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1284",
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-28T17:38:13Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-28T17:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### Summary\nThis advisory addresses a security vulnerability in Mautic where unpublished page previews could be accessed by unauthenticated users and potentially indexed by search engines. This could lead to the unintended disclosure of draft content or sensitive information.\n\nUnauthorized Access to Unpublished Page Previews: The page preview functionality for unpublished content, accessible via predictable URLs (e.g., `/page/preview/1`, `/page/preview/2`), lacked proper authorization checks. This allowed any unauthenticated user to view content that was not yet intended for public release, and allowed search engines to index these private preview URLs, making the content publicly discoverable.\n\n### Mitigation\nMautic has patched this vulnerability by enforcing proper permission checks on preview pages. Users should upgrade to the patched version of Mautic or later.",
"id": "GHSA-cqx4-9vqf-q3m8",
"modified": "2025-05-28T20:08:01Z",
"published": "2025-05-28T17:38:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories/GHSA-cqx4-9vqf-q3m8"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5257"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/mautic/mautic"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Mautic\u0027s Predictable Page Indexing Might Lead to Sensitive Data Exposure"
}
GHSA-CR2F-9R84-8HF5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-30 18:31 – Updated: 2025-10-30 21:30AG Life Logger Android App version v1.0.2.72 and before (package name com.donki.healthy), developed by IO FIT, K.K., contains improper access control vulnerabilities. Exposed credentials in traffic may allow attackers to misuse cloud resources, and predictable verification codes make brute-force account logins feasible. Successful exploitation could result in account compromise, privacy breaches, and abuse of cloud resources.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-61120"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-30T17:15:39Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "AG Life Logger Android App version v1.0.2.72 and before (package name com.donki.healthy), developed by IO FIT, K.K., contains improper access control vulnerabilities. Exposed credentials in traffic may allow attackers to misuse cloud resources, and predictable verification codes make brute-force account logins feasible. Successful exploitation could result in account compromise, privacy breaches, and abuse of cloud resources.",
"id": "GHSA-cr2f-9r84-8hf5",
"modified": "2025-10-30T21:30:46Z",
"published": "2025-10-30T18:31:11Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61120"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kar1oz.notion.site/AG-Life-Logger-2629a473ecb280c693e7d5d4a99de559"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CR4F-QGFW-47CW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-30 09:30 – Updated: 2025-01-30 09:30The Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.18.1 via the tc-order-id parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view order details of orders they did not place, which includes ticket prices, user emails and order date.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-13457"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-639"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-30T07:15:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Event Tickets and Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.18.1 via the tc-order-id parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view order details of orders they did not place, which includes ticket prices, user emails and order date.",
"id": "GHSA-cr4f-qgfw-47cw",
"modified": "2025-01-30T09:30:36Z",
"published": "2025-01-30T09:30:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13457"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026new=3229935%40event-tickets%2Ftags%2F5.18.1.1\u0026old=3227011%40event-tickets%2Ftags%2F5.18.1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0cc2261a-889e-40ec-8382-48de65b91b34?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CR99-WV2G-PHXW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-11-06 21:31 – Updated: 2023-11-14 18:30The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5354"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-11-06T21:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Awesome Support WordPress plugin before 6.1.5 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.",
"id": "GHSA-cr99-wv2g-phxw",
"modified": "2023-11-14T18:30:23Z",
"published": "2023-11-06T21:31:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5354"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa380524-031d-4e49-9d0b-96e62d54557f"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CRCM-PXX2-C5JM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-05 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-05 18:30A flaw has been found in SourceCodester/jkev Record Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file save_emp.php of the component Add Employee Page. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published and may be used.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-5576"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-05T16:16:19Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A flaw has been found in SourceCodester/jkev Record Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file save_emp.php of the component Add Employee Page. This manipulation causes unrestricted upload. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published and may be used.",
"id": "GHSA-crcm-pxx2-c5jm",
"modified": "2026-04-05T18:30:15Z",
"published": "2026-04-05T18:30:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5576"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/whatyourname12345/CVE/blob/main/PRMS/cve_Arbitrary%20File%20Upload%20to%20RCE.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/783473"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/355346"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/355346/cti"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-CRCV-X9H3-M6GW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:31Vulnerability in the Oracle EDI Gateway product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: All Miscellaneous EDI Issues). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle EDI Gateway. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle EDI Gateway. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-60756"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:18:15Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle EDI Gateway product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: All Miscellaneous EDI Issues). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle EDI Gateway. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle EDI Gateway. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-crcv-x9h3-m6gw",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:31:59Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:31:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-60756"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CRGJ-GP29-FV5Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-22 00:32 – Updated: 2026-07-22 00:32Vulnerability in the Oracle Customers Online product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Customers Online. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Customers Online accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Customers Online accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-61019"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T22:18:33Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle Customers Online product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromise Oracle Customers Online. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Customers Online accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Oracle Customers Online accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.1 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).",
"id": "GHSA-crgj-gp29-fv5q",
"modified": "2026-07-22T00:32:10Z",
"published": "2026-07-22T00:32:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-61019"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2026.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-CRVR-7853-C944
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-21 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-21 18:31SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a domain administrator to elevate their privileges to a system administrator. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-28306"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-21T16:17:08Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a domain administrator to elevate their privileges to a system administrator. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.",
"id": "GHSA-crvr-7853-c944",
"modified": "2026-07-21T18:31:00Z",
"published": "2026-07-21T18:31:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28306"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_2026-3_release_notes.htm"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28306"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-CV22-72PX-F4GH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-17 18:42 – Updated: 2026-02-19 21:14Summary
A broken access control vulnerability in Gogs allows authenticated users with write access to any repository to modify labels belonging to other repositories. The UpdateLabel function in the Web UI (internal/route/repo/issue.go) fails to verify that the label being modified belongs to the repository specified in the URL path, enabling cross-repository label tampering attacks.
Details
The vulnerability exists in the Web UI's label update endpoint POST /:username/:reponame/labels/edit. The handler function UpdateLabel uses an incorrect database query function that bypasses repository ownership validation:
Vulnerable Code (internal/route/repo/issue.go:1040-1054):
func UpdateLabel(c *context.Context, f form.CreateLabel) {
l, err := database.GetLabelByID(f.ID) // ❌ No repository validation
if err != nil {
c.NotFoundOrError(err, "get label by ID")
return
}
// ❌ Missing validation: l.RepoID != c.Repo.Repository.ID
l.Name = f.Title
l.Color = f.Color
if err := database.UpdateLabel(l); err != nil {
c.Error(err, "update label")
return
}
c.RawRedirect(c.Repo.MakeURL("labels"))
}
Root Cause:
- The function calls
database.GetLabelByID(f.ID)which internally passesrepoID=0to the ORM layer - According to code comments in
internal/database/issue_label.go:147-166, passingrepoID=0causes the ORM to ignore repository restrictions - No validation checks whether
l.RepoID == c.Repo.Repository.IDbefore updating - The middleware
reqRepoWriter()only validates write access to the repository in the URL path, not the label's actual repository
Inconsistency with Other Functions:
NewLabel: Correctly setsRepoID = c.Repo.Repository.IDDeleteLabel: Correctly usesdatabase.DeleteLabel(c.Repo.Repository.ID, id)-
API
EditLabel: Correctly usesdatabase.GetLabelOfRepoByID(c.Repo.Repository.ID, id) -
*Only
UpdateLabelin Web UI uses the vulnerable pattern*
PoC
Prerequisites:
- Two user accounts: Alice (attacker) and Bob (victim)
- alice has written access to repo-a
- Bob owns repo-b with labels
Step 1: Identify Target Label ID
- Login as bob, navigate to bob/repo-b/labels
- Open browser DevTools (F12) → Network tab
- Click edit on any label
- Observe the form data: id=
- Example: id=1
Step 2: Execute Attack
# Login as alice, get session cookie
# Open DevTools → Application → Cookies → i_like_gogs
# Copy the cookie value
# Send malicious request
curl -X POST "http://localhost:3000/alice/repo-a/labels/edit" \
-H "Cookie: i_like_gogs=<ALICE_SESSION_COOKIE>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "id=1&title=HACKED-BY-ALICE&color=%23000000"
# Expected response: 302 Found (redirect)
Step 3: Verify Impact
- Login as bob
- Navigate to bob/repo-b/labels
- Observe: Label "P0-Critical" is now "HACKED-BY-ALICE" with black color
Impact
-
Issue Classification Disruption: Modify critical labels (e.g., "P0-Critical" → "P3-Low") causing urgent issues to be deprioritized
-
Security Issue Concealment: Change "security" labels to "documentation" to hide vulnerability reports from security teams
-
Workflow Sabotage: Alter labels used in CI/CD automation, breaking deployment pipelines
-
Mass Disruption: Batch modifies all labels across multiple repositories using ID enumeration
Recommended Fix:
func UpdateLabel(c *context.Context, f form.CreateLabel) {
l, err := database.GetLabelOfRepoByID(c.Repo.Repository.ID, f.ID)
if err != nil {
c.NotFoundOrError(err, "get label of repository by ID")
return
}
// Now label ownership is validated at database layer
l.Name = f.Title
l.Color = f.Color
if err := database.UpdateLabel(l); err != nil {
c.Error(err, "update label")
return
}
c.RawRedirect(c.Repo.MakeURL("labels"))
}
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"affected": [
{
"database_specific": {
"last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 0.13.4"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "gogs.io/gogs"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.14.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-25229"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-17T18:42:08Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-19T07:17:45Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "### **Summary**\nA broken access control vulnerability in Gogs allows authenticated users with write access to any repository to modify labels belonging to other repositories. The `UpdateLabel` function in the Web UI (`internal/route/repo/issue.go`) fails to verify that the label being modified belongs to the repository specified in the URL path, enabling cross-repository label tampering attacks.\n\n### **Details**\nThe vulnerability exists in the Web UI\u0027s label update endpoint `POST /:username/:reponame/labels/edit`. The handler function `UpdateLabel` uses an incorrect database query function that bypasses repository ownership validation:\n\n**Vulnerable Code** (`internal/route/repo/issue.go:1040-1054`):\n\n```plain\nfunc UpdateLabel(c *context.Context, f form.CreateLabel) {\n l, err := database.GetLabelByID(f.ID) // \u274c No repository validation\n if err != nil {\n c.NotFoundOrError(err, \"get label by ID\")\n return\n }\n\n // \u274c Missing validation: l.RepoID != c.Repo.Repository.ID\n l.Name = f.Title\n l.Color = f.Color\n if err := database.UpdateLabel(l); err != nil {\n c.Error(err, \"update label\")\n return\n }\n c.RawRedirect(c.Repo.MakeURL(\"labels\"))\n}\n```\n\n**Root Cause**:\n\n1. The function calls `database.GetLabelByID(f.ID)` which internally passes `repoID=0` to the ORM layer\n2. According to code comments in `internal/database/issue_label.go:147-166`, passing `repoID=0` causes the ORM to ignore repository restrictions\n3. No validation checks whether `l.RepoID == c.Repo.Repository.ID` before updating\n4. The middleware `reqRepoWriter()` only validates write access to the repository in the URL path, not the label\u0027s actual repository\n\n**Inconsistency with Other Functions**:\n\n+ `NewLabel`: Correctly sets `RepoID = c.Repo.Repository.ID`\n+ `DeleteLabel`: Correctly uses `database.DeleteLabel(c.Repo.Repository.ID, id)`\n+ API `EditLabel`: Correctly uses `database.GetLabelOfRepoByID(c.Repo.Repository.ID, id)`\n\n- ****Only `UpdateLabel` in ****Web UI**** uses the vulnerable pattern****\n\n### **PoC**\n**Prerequisites**:\n\n+ Two user accounts: Alice (attacker) and Bob (victim)\n+ alice has written access to repo-a\n+ Bob owns repo-b with labels\n\n**Step 1: Identify Target Label ID**\n\n1. Login as bob, navigate to bob/repo-b/labels\n2. Open browser DevTools (F12) \u2192 Network tab\n3. Click edit on any label\n4. Observe the form data: id=\u003cLABEL_ID\u003e\n5. Example: id=1\n\n**Step 2: Execute Attack**\n\n```plain\n# Login as alice, get session cookie\n# Open DevTools \u2192 Application \u2192 Cookies \u2192 i_like_gogs\n# Copy the cookie value\n\n# Send malicious request\ncurl -X POST \"http://localhost:3000/alice/repo-a/labels/edit\" \\\n -H \"Cookie: i_like_gogs=\u003cALICE_SESSION_COOKIE\u003e\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\" \\\n -d \"id=1\u0026title=HACKED-BY-ALICE\u0026color=%23000000\"\n\n# Expected response: 302 Found (redirect)\n```\n\n**Step 3: Verify Impact**\n\n1. Login as bob\n2. Navigate to bob/repo-b/labels\n3. Observe: Label \"P0-Critical\" is now \"HACKED-BY-ALICE\" with black color\n\n### **Impact**\n1. **Issue Classification Disruption**: Modify critical labels (e.g., \"P0-Critical\" \u2192 \"P3-Low\") causing urgent issues to be deprioritized\n\n2. **Security Issue Concealment**: Change \"security\" labels to \"documentation\" to hide vulnerability reports from security teams\n\n3. **Workflow**** Sabotage**: Alter labels used in CI/CD automation, breaking deployment pipelines\n\n4. **Mass Disruption**: Batch modifies all labels across multiple repositories using ID enumeration\n\n**Recommended Fix**:\n\n```plain\nfunc UpdateLabel(c *context.Context, f form.CreateLabel) {\n l, err := database.GetLabelOfRepoByID(c.Repo.Repository.ID, f.ID)\n if err != nil {\n c.NotFoundOrError(err, \"get label of repository by ID\")\n return\n }\n // Now label ownership is validated at database layer\n l.Name = f.Title\n l.Color = f.Color\n if err := database.UpdateLabel(l); err != nil {\n c.Error(err, \"update label\")\n return\n }\n c.RawRedirect(c.Repo.MakeURL(\"labels\"))\n}\n```",
"id": "GHSA-cv22-72px-f4gh",
"modified": "2026-02-19T21:14:43Z",
"published": "2026-02-17T18:42:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/security/advisories/GHSA-cv22-72px-f4gh"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25229"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/commit/643a6d6353cb6a182a4e1f0720228727f30a3ad2"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/gogs/gogs"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Gogs has an Authorization Bypass Allows Cross-Repository Label Modification in Gogs"
}
Mitigation MIT-1
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
Mitigation MIT-46
Strategy: Separation of Privilege
- Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
- Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
CAPEC-19: Embedding Scripts within Scripts
An adversary leverages the capability to execute their own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute due to programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts.
CAPEC-441: Malicious Logic Insertion
An adversary installs or adds malicious logic (also known as malware) into a seemingly benign component of a fielded system. This logic is often hidden from the user of the system and works behind the scenes to achieve negative impacts. With the proliferation of mass digital storage and inexpensive multimedia devices, Bluetooth and 802.11 support, new attack vectors for spreading malware are emerging for things we once thought of as innocuous greeting cards, picture frames, or digital projectors. This pattern of attack focuses on systems already fielded and used in operation as opposed to systems and their components that are still under development and part of the supply chain.
CAPEC-478: Modification of Windows Service Configuration
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to modify the execution parameters of a Windows service. The goal of this attack is to execute a malicious binary in place of an existing service.
CAPEC-479: Malicious Root Certificate
An adversary exploits a weakness in authorization and installs a new root certificate on a compromised system. Certificates are commonly used for establishing secure TLS/SSL communications within a web browser. When a user attempts to browse a website that presents a certificate that is not trusted an error message will be displayed to warn the user of the security risk. Depending on the security settings, the browser may not allow the user to establish a connection to the website. Adversaries have used this technique to avoid security warnings prompting users when compromised systems connect over HTTPS to adversary controlled web servers that spoof legitimate websites in order to collect login credentials.
CAPEC-502: Intent Spoof
An adversary, through a previously installed malicious application, issues an intent directed toward a specific trusted application's component in an attempt to achieve a variety of different objectives including modification of data, information disclosure, and data injection. Components that have been unintentionally exported and made public are subject to this type of an attack. If the component trusts the intent's action without verififcation, then the target application performs the functionality at the adversary's request, helping the adversary achieve the desired negative technical impact.
CAPEC-503: WebView Exposure
An adversary, through a malicious web page, accesses application specific functionality by leveraging interfaces registered through WebView's addJavascriptInterface API. Once an interface is registered to WebView through addJavascriptInterface, it becomes global and all pages loaded in the WebView can call this interface.
CAPEC-536: Data Injected During Configuration
An attacker with access to data files and processes on a victim's system injects malicious data into critical operational data during configuration or recalibration, causing the victim's system to perform in a suboptimal manner that benefits the adversary.
CAPEC-546: Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment
An adversary obtains unauthorized information due to insecure or incomplete data deletion in a multi-tenant environment. If a cloud provider fails to completely delete storage and data from former cloud tenants' systems/resources, once these resources are allocated to new, potentially malicious tenants, the latter can probe the provided resources for sensitive information still there.
CAPEC-550: Install New Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Adversaries may install a new service which will be executed at startup (on a Windows system, by modifying the registry). The service name may be disguised by using a name from a related operating system or benign software. Services are usually run with elevated privileges.
CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service
When an operating system starts, it also starts programs called services or daemons. Modifying existing services may break existing services or may enable services that are disabled/not commonly used.
CAPEC-552: Install Rootkit
An adversary exploits a weakness in authentication to install malware that alters the functionality and information provide by targeted operating system API calls. Often referred to as rootkits, it is often used to hide the presence of programs, files, network connections, services, drivers, and other system components.
CAPEC-556: Replace File Extension Handlers
When a file is opened, its file handler is checked to determine which program opens the file. File handlers are configuration properties of many operating systems. Applications can modify the file handler for a given file extension to call an arbitrary program when a file with the given extension is opened.
CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable
An adversary exploits weaknesses in privilege management or access control to replace a trusted executable with a malicious version and enable the execution of malware when that trusted executable is called.
CAPEC-562: Modify Shared File
An adversary manipulates the files in a shared location by adding malicious programs, scripts, or exploit code to valid content. Once a user opens the shared content, the tainted content is executed.
CAPEC-563: Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot
An adversaries may add malicious content to a website through the open file share and then browse to that content with a web browser to cause the server to execute the content. The malicious content will typically run under the context and permissions of the web server process, often resulting in local system or administrative privileges depending on how the web server is configured.
CAPEC-564: Run Software at Logon
Operating system allows logon scripts to be run whenever a specific user or users logon to a system. If adversaries can access these scripts, they may insert additional code into the logon script. This code can allow them to maintain persistence or move laterally within an enclave because it is executed every time the affected user or users logon to a computer. Modifying logon scripts can effectively bypass workstation and enclave firewalls. Depending on the access configuration of the logon scripts, either local credentials or a remote administrative account may be necessary.
CAPEC-578: Disable Security Software
An adversary exploits a weakness in access control to disable security tools so that detection does not occur. This can take the form of killing processes, deleting registry keys so that tools do not start at run time, deleting log files, or other methods.