CVE-2021-25973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00157.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Publify Project	Publify

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-2410	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.
Github GHSA	GHSA-x24j-87x9-jvv5	Publify `guest` role users can self-register even when the admin does not allow it

Fixes

Solution

Update to 9.2.5

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/publify/publify/commit/3447e0241e921b65f6eb1090453d8ea73e98387e
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25973

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-11-02T06:55:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:52:50.959Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25973

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:19.019Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-02T07:15:07.053

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:42.540

Link: CVE-2021-25973

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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