Weakness (CWE)
CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
The product receives input from an upstream component that specifies multiple attributes, properties, or fields that are to be initialized or updated in an object, but it does not properly control which attributes can be modified.
How to prevent it (4 mitigations)
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Implementation
If available, use features of the language or framework that allow specification of allowlists of attributes or fields that are allowed to be modified. If possible, prefer allowlists over denylists.
For applications written with Ruby on Rails, use the attr_accessible (allowlist) or attr_protected (denylist) macros in each class that may be used in mass assignment.
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Architecture and Design, Implementation
If available, use the signing/sealing features of the programming language to assure that deserialized data has not been tainted. For example, a hash-based message authentication code (HMAC) could be used to ensure that data has not been modified.
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Implementation
For any externally-influenced input, check the input against an allowlist of internal object attributes or fields that are allowed to be modified.
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Implementation, Architecture and Design
Refactor the code so that object attributes or fields do not need to be dynamically identified, and only expose getter/setter functionality for the intended attributes.
Source: MITRE CWE-915
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Low 1.3
Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment Allows Regular Users to Set Topics as Global Banners
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, an improper authorization check in the topic management logic allows authenticated users to modify privileged attributes of their topics. By manipulating spe…
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Low 2.7
MyTube has Mass Assignment via Settings Management
MyTube is a self-hosted downloader and player for several video websites. Versions 1.7.78 and below have a Mass Assignment vulnerability in the settings management functionality due to insufficient input validation. The application's saveSettings() function a…
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Low 3.7
Lobe Chat has IDOR in Knowledge Base File Removal that Allows Cross User File Deletion
LobeChat is an open source chat application platform. Prior to version 2.0.0-next.193, `knowledgeBase.removeFilesFromKnowledgeBase` tRPC ep allows authenticated users to delete files from any knowledge base without verifying ownership. `userId` filter in the …
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maxminddb's `Reader::open_mmap` unsoundly marks unsafe memmap operation as safe
maxminddb prior to version 0.27 declared `Reader::open_mmap` as safe despite wrapping an inherently unsafe memmap2 operation with no extra step done to guarantee safety. This could have led to undefined behaviour if the file were to be modified on disk while …
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Low 3.1
comfyanonymous comfyui utils.py set_attr dynamically-determined object attributes
A vulnerability was found in comfyanonymous comfyui 0.3.40. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function set_attr of the file /comfy/utils.py. The manipulation leads to dynamically-determined object attributes. It is possible to launch the …
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Low 3.9
handcraftedinthealps goodby-csv Potential Gadget Chain allowing Remote Code Execution
handcraftedinthealps goodby-csv is a highly memory efficient, flexible and extendable open-source CSV import/export library. Prior to 1.4.3, goodby-csv could be used as part of a chain of methods that is exploitable when an insecure deserialization vulnerabil…