BlueSpiceUserManager: Missing authorization in REST endpoints for blocking and unblocking users
What fixes it
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Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice (Extension:BlueSpiceUserManager) allows any authenticated user without special privileges to block or unblock arbitrary user accounts, including administrators. The REST endpoints /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create and /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete call UserManager::blockUser() and UserManager::unblockUser(), which do not verify the permissions of the acting user. This allows locking out all administrators (denial of service) and lifting blocks imposed by administrators.
This issue affects BlueSpice: from 5.0.0 before 5.1.11, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.7.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 2
- BlueSpiceaffected: 5.0.0 before 5.1.11CVE List
- BlueSpiceaffected: 5.2.0 before 5.2.7CVE List