Administrator account loss via unchecked self-status change
Published Mar 21, 2023 · Updated Feb 26, 2025
Business logic error in Apache Answer before 1.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to suspend or delete their own administrator account. The UpdateUserStatus path accepted a caller-supplied user ID without comparing it with the authenticated administrator ID, so self-targeted status changes proceeded. Administrator access is required; the action can disable or delete that administrator account, affecting account integrity and access.
Summary
What happened
Business logic error in Apache Answer before 1.0.6 allows remote authenticated users to suspend or delete their own administrator account. The UpdateUserStatus path accepted a caller-supplied user ID without comparing it with the authenticated administrator ID, so self-targeted status changes proceeded. Administrator access is required; the action can disable or delete that administrator account, affecting account integrity and access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-1542
- Published
- Mar 21, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Answer
- Classifications
- CWE-840
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 21, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <1.0.6
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Public exploit references
- Huntr administrator self-status proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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