Primakon Pi Portal 1.0.18 API endpoints fail to enforce sufficient authorization checks when processing requests. Specifically, a standard user can exploit this flaw by sending direct HTTP requests to administrative endpoints, bypassing the UI restrictions. This allows the attacker to manipulate data outside their assigned scope, including: Unauthorized Account modification, modifying/deleting arbitrary user accounts and changing passwords by sending a direct request to the user management API endpoint; Confidential Data Access, accessing and downloading sensitive organizational documents via a direct request to the document retrieval API; Privilege escalation, This vulnerability can lead to complete compromise of data integrity and confidentiality, and Privilege Escalation by manipulating core system functions.
The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Assuming a user with a given identity, authorization is the process of determining whether that user can access a given resource, based on the user’s privileges and any permissions or other access-control specifications that apply to the resource. When access control checks are not applied consistently - or not at all - users are able to access data or perform actions that they should not be allowed to perform. This can lead to a wide range of problems, including information exposures, denial of service, and arbitrary code execution.