CVE-2021-25991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Ifme, versions v5.0.0 to v7.32 are vulnerable against an improper access control, which makes it possible for admins to ban themselves leading to their deactivation from Ifme account and complete loss of admin access to Ifme.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00192.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
If-me	Ifme

Configuration 1 [-]

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No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

Update version to v7.32.1 or later

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ifmeorg/ifme/commit/d1f570c458d41667df801fc9c40a18b181a2d923
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25991

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-12-29T09:10:19.040Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:43:44.984Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-25991

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:19.411Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-29T09:15:09.467

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:44.977

Link: CVE-2021-25991

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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