CVE-2021-25973
Published: 02 November 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-25973 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization (CWE-285) vulnerability in Publify Project Publify. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 49.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-2410
Vulnerability details
In Publify, 9.0.0.pre1 to 9.2.4 are vulnerable to Improper Access Control. “guest” role users can self-register even when the admin does not allow. This happens due to front-end restriction only.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requires and applies authorization decisions specifically to control information flows based on policy.
Requiring authorization for media transport activities prevents improper authorization of resource handling.
Partitioning limits authorization scope by confining subjects and objects to distinct environments.
The control enforces explicit authorization policies on all traffic and data flows between domains, mitigating improper or missing authorization decisions.
Documented procedures facilitate correct implementation and ongoing management of authorization decisions.
Periodic reviews identify and correct flaws in authorization decisions or enforcement.
The control's documentation requirement reduces improper authorization by ensuring only mission-justified actions bypass authentication.
Establishing permitted attributes and values, plus auditing changes, ensures authorization decisions are based on correctly managed policy data.