smart-sso through 2.0.1 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in PermissionFilter that allows any authenticated user to call…
CVE-2026-121543
smart-sso through 2.0.1 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in PermissionFilter that allows any authenticated user to call admin console APIs because unlisted paths are permitted by default. Attackers can call /admin/user-role/save to assign themselves the administrator role, reset passwords, and manage users, roles, and applications across integrated systems.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.7 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 3 November 2026
- Last updated
- 3 November 2026
- Affected
- a466350665 · Smart-SSO
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso/issues/79
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso/commit/9bccabaa5ec5
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso/blob/91d2dfef8973d308fa1b762e4c86dfbcbe9793ff/smart-sso-starter/smart-sso-starter-client/src/main/java/openjoe/smart/sso/client/filter/PermissionFilter.java#L38-L47
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso/blob/91d2dfef8973d308fa1b762e4c86dfbcbe9793ff/smart-sso-server/src/main/java/openjoe/smart/sso/server/controller/admin/UserRoleController.java
- https://github.com/a466350665/smart-sso/commit/a74a791bea7fc7b06ce95f52ce5805d8d7886d48
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smart-sso-through-2.0.1-incorrect-authorization-in-permissionfilter-enables-admin-escalation
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