A vulnerability was detected in Webkul Bagisto up to 2.4.6/2.5.0-beta4. This impacts an unknown function of the file /admin/sales/invoices/mass-update/state of the component Invoice Mass Status Update. Performing a manipulation results in missing authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.5.0-beta5 will fix this issue. The patch is named 2c34b94d0313824ce98efee8aef8ee141d9b89d0. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The vendor confirms: [W]e run continuous automated AI-assisted security scanning across the Bagisto codebase. The behaviour you describe has already been identified and reproduced internally, and it is actively being fixed rather than triaged from scratch.
Weakness
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Potential Mitigations
- Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
- Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
- Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
- For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
- One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
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