Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LSummary
CVE-2025-62966 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Permission Groups Discovery (T1069); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-35979
Vulnerability Data
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Apiki GoCache gocache-cdn allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects GoCache: from n/a through <= 1.3.6.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) indicates a failure to enforce access control, which can allow attackers to discover permission groups (T1069) or abuse valid accounts (T1078) by exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels in the GoCache plugin.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization decisions to block access when checks are missing or misconfigured as in CWE-862.
Limits privileges assigned to accounts so that absent authorization logic cannot be exploited to reach sensitive functions.
Enforces information flow rules between security domains, mitigating unauthorized data exposure when access-control checks are absent.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.
Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.
Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.
Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.
By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.
Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.