CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2023-0998

Improper Access Control

Published: Feb 24, 2023 | Modified: May 17, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /alphaware/summary.php of the component Payment Handler. The manipulation of the argument amount leads to improper access controls. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221733 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Alphaware_simple_e-commerce_system Alphaware_simple_e-commerce_system_project 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)

Extended Description

Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:

When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses:

Potential Mitigations

  • 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.

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