Authenticated log deletion via unchecked controller handlers
Published Apr 28, 2025 · Updated Apr 28, 2025
Improper authorization in Novel-Plus allows remote authenticated users to alter log management through its administrative controller. The CVE names deleteIndex in LogController, but the cited revision defines remove and batchRemove handlers with no method-level authorization annotations and contains no deleteIndex method. The record identifies commit 0e156c04b4b7ce0563bef6c97af4476fcda8f160, but its sole public exploit reference is broken, leaving the exact request and resulting state change unverifiable.
Summary
What happened
Improper authorization in Novel-Plus allows remote authenticated users to alter log management through its administrative controller. The CVE names deleteIndex in LogController, but the cited revision defines remove and batchRemove handlers with no method-level authorization annotations and contains no deleteIndex method. The record identifies commit 0e156c04b4b7ce0563bef6c97af4476fcda8f160, but its sole public exploit reference is broken, leaving the exact request and resulting state change unverifiable.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4016
- Published
- Apr 28, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2025
- Vendor
- xxyopen
- Product
- Novel-Plus
- Classifications
- CWE-285, CWE-266, T1070
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Apr 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0e156c04b4b7ce0563bef6c97af4476fcda8f160
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