Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as any low-privileged user
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ExploitSend POST to /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create for each admin
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ExecutionUserManager::blockUser() runs without permission check
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ImpactAll administrators blocked (denial of service)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a valid authenticated BlueSpice account with no special privileges (PR:L) and network access to the BlueSpiceUserManager REST API, specifically /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create and /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete; the BlueSpiceUserManager extension must be installed and enabled. No user interaction is needed (UI:N). The exploitation-limiting factors are the requirement to hold any registered account and that only versions 5.0.0-5.1.10 and 5.2.0-5.2.6 are affected - instances on 5.1.11, 5.2.7, or later are fixed. Where self-registration is open, the authentication barrier is effectively negligible; where accounts are tightly controlled, the realistic attacker set is insiders. |
| Impact | This is a broken-access-control flaw (CWE-862, Missing Authorization) in the BlueSpiceUserManager extension that is genuinely exploitable but bounded in impact. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N) confirms network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation requiring only a low-privileged authenticated account - any registered user with no special rights. Impact is availability-weighted: VA:H reflects that an attacker can block every administrator and lock them out (denial of service), while VI:L reflects integrity damage to the access-control state (lifting admin-imposed blocks). There is NO confidentiality impact (VC:N). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week', indicating prompt but not emergency prioritization. Signals are consistent rather than conflicting: this is not a KEV entry, no EPSS score was supplied, and no public exploit or PoC reference is provided - only the vendor advisory. So the elevated-looking 7.1 score is driven by the ease of abuse and the admin-lockout DoS, not by evidence of real-world exploitation. The main caveat is the required precondition of holding a valid account, which narrows the realistic attacker set to insiders or anyone who can self-register on a BlueSpice instance. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated user on a BlueSpice wiki sends a POST to the REST endpoint /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create targeting each administrator account; because UserManager::blockUser() never checks the caller's permissions, the blocks succeed and all admins are locked out of the wiki. The same actor can also call /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete to lift legitimate blocks the administrators had previously imposed. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; exploitation is straightforward given the documented endpoints. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026
Missing authorization in the BlueSpiceUserManager extension of BlueSpice (5.0.0 through 5.1.10 and 5.2.0 through 5.2.6) lets any authenticated user, with no special privileges, block or unblock arbitrary accounts including administrators through the /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create and /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete REST endpoints. Successful abuse can lock every administrator out of the wiki (denial of service) or silently lift blocks that administrators imposed, altering the integrity of account state. Exploitation requires a valid registered account plus network reach to the REST API, and the extension must be installed and enabled; where self-registration is open the barrier is negligible, otherwise the realistic attacker set is insiders. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Upgrade to the vendor-fixed releases BlueSpice 5.1.11 (for the 5.0.0-5.1.10 line) or 5.2.7 (for the 5.2.0-5.2.6 line) as documented in advisory BSSA-2026-07 at https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Security:Security_Advisories/BSSA-2026-07. If upgrading cannot be done immediately, block the /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create and /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete routes at a reverse proxy or WAF, accepting that legitimate administrator block and unblock actions through those endpoints will also stop working; and close or tightly gate self-registration so the pool of low-privileged accounts able to reach the endpoints is minimized, at the cost of onboarding friction for new users. Instances that do not run the BlueSpiceUserManager extension are not exposed by these endpoints.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
BlueSpice is a MediaWiki-derived enterprise wiki, and the affected component is its BlueSpiceUserManager extension, which exposes REST routes under /bs-usermanager/v1/block/ for managing account blocks. The two routes, /block/create and /block/delete, invoke UserManager::blockUser() and UserManager::unblockUser() respectively, and those methods perform the state change without checking whether the acting user holds the permissions normally required to block or unblock accounts. This is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): authentication is enforced (the CVSS vectors carry PR:L, i.e. any valid low-privileged account) but the authorization decision is absent, so the only precondition is an authenticated session capable of reaching the endpoint, not any elevated role. The flaw is bounded to the extension being installed and enabled and to the version ranges 5.0.0 through 5.1.10 and 5.2.0 through 5.2.6, with 5.1.11 and 5.2.7 containing the fix; the trigger path beyond the two named endpoints is not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network REST endpoints reachable by any logged-in user give AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N; admin lockout is A:H and tampering with block state is I:L, with no data disclosure so C:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (HW).
CVSS VectorVendor: HW
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice (Extension:BlueSpiceUserManager) allows any authenticated user without special privileges to block or unblock arbitrary user accounts, including administrators. The REST endpoints /bs-usermanager/v1/block/create and /bs-usermanager/v1/block/delete call UserManager::blockUser() and UserManager::unblockUser(), which do not verify the permissions of the acting user. This allows locking out all administrators (denial of service) and lifting blocks imposed by administrators.
This issue affects BlueSpice: from 5.0.0 before 5.1.11, from 5.2.0 before 5.2.7.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2026-25716 is a high-severity authorization flaw in BlueSpice's UserManager extension, affecting versions 5.0.0 through 5.2.6. It allows any authenticated user, including self-registered accounts, to block or unblock arbitrary users, including administrators, via REST API. This can lock out all administrators, causing wiki unavailability, or lift administrator-imposed blocks, undermining account integrity. Leadership should care because an insider or self-registered user could disrupt operations and security controls with minimal effort.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable the BlueSpiceUserManager extension, restrict network access to the vulnerable REST endpoints, disable self-registration, and monitor for unauthorized block/unblock actions.
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-108651
GHSA-vr6v-xrj8-f9m9
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