CVE-2021-25973

Publify - Improper Authorization Leads to Guest Signup Restriction Bypass

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Nov 2, 2021
Updated: Apr 30, 2025
Reserved: Jan 22, 2021

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	Mend

Weaknesses

CWE-285 Improper Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
publify_corepublify_core	9.0.0.pre1 to before unspecifiedAffected 9.2.4 and earlierAffected

References

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

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