Insecure Direct Object Reference in ATutor

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (CERT-PL). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

• ATutor ATutor

  • 2.2.4affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2016-2555SQL injection vulnerability in include/lib/mysql_connect.inc.php in ATutor 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands v
  63This week
• CVE-2019-12169ATutor 2.2.4 allows Arbitrary File Upload and Directory Traversal, resulting in remote code execution via a ".." pathname in a ZIP archive t
  57Plan
• CVE-2017-1000002ATutor versions 2.2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to a directory traversal and file extension check bypass in the Course component resulting
  48Plan
• CVE-2014-9753confirm.php in ATutor 2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain access as an existing user via the auto_logi
  40Plan
• CVE-2019-16114In ATutor 2.2.4, an unauthenticated attacker can change the application settings and force it to use his crafted database, which allows him
  40Plan
• CVE-2017-1000004ATutor version 2.2.1 and earlier are vulnerable to a SQL injection in the Assignment Dropbox, BasicLTI, Blog Post, Blog, Group Course Email,
  40Plan

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The endpoint fetches the record by the ID sent in the request, but never checks whether the record belongs to the requesting user.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1const invoice = await Invoice.findById(req.params.id);2res.json(invoice);

1const invoice = await Invoice.findOne({2  id: req.params.id,3  ownerId: req.user.id,4});5if (!invoice) return res.sendStatus(404);6res.json(invoice);

Attack context

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