Authenticated privilege escalation through unchecked AddUser
Published Mar 16, 2023 · Updated Feb 26, 2025
Improper authorization in OpenGoofy Hippo4j 1.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges through UserController.AddUser. The CVE record names the method but does not disclose the permission check it fails to enforce or the request fields that control the new account. Low-privilege access is required, and the sole upstream reference instead documents ConfigVerifyController access, leaving the claimed escalation uncorroborated.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in OpenGoofy Hippo4j 1.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges through UserController.AddUser. The CVE record names the method but does not disclose the permission check it fails to enforce or the request fields that control the new account. Low-privilege access is required, and the sole upstream reference instead documents ConfigVerifyController access, leaving the claimed escalation uncorroborated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-27095
- Published
- Mar 16, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 26, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-732
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 16, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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