Administrator policy edits beyond authorized scope
Published Feb 10, 2023 · Updated Mar 24, 2025
Improper access control in Dell Wyse Management Suite 3.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to edit unauthorized client policies. Dell has not published the affected request handler or the authorization check that fails when general client policy edits are submitted. Administrator privileges are required, and the demonstrated capability is limited to changing policy outside the administrator's authorized scope.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Dell Wyse Management Suite 3.8 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to edit unauthorized client policies. Dell has not published the affected request handler or the authorization check that fails when general client policy edits are submitted. Administrator privileges are required, and the demonstrated capability is limited to changing policy outside the administrator's authorized scope.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-46678
- Published
- Feb 10, 2023
- Updated
- Mar 24, 2025
- Vendor
- Dell
- Product
- Wyse Management Suite
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Feb 10, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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