Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting winter/wn-backend-module package, versions >=1.2.13, <1.2.14
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- published29 Aug 2026
- disclosed20 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 20 Aug 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-639 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade winter/wn-backend-module to version 1.2.14 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the preview and update actions in the backend account management process. An attacker can access sensitive profile information of other backend users by supplying arbitrary user IDs in the URL. This is only exploitable if the attacker has authenticated backend access with any level of privileges.