GHSA-H4HF-V6W5-897X Poweradmin: API user-update endpoint leads to a non-admin reset any user's password and take over the superuser account

Summary The REST API user-update endpoint PUT/PATCH /api/v2/users/id and the V1 equivalent does not enforce two authorization rules that the web interface enforces. A user who holds the usereditothers permission but is not a superuser can: 1. edit user accounts that belong to a superuser, and 2...

Missing Authorization

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization in the updateUser process of the API endpoint, which fails to enforce proper authorization checks for editing superuser accounts and changing user passwords. An attacker can gain full administrative access by sendi...