Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessAuthenticate with low-privilege Akaunting account
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DeliveryEnumerate target financial resource IDs via normal UI or API
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ExploitCraft bulk action request substituting out-of-scope resource IDs
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ExecutionSubmit crafted request to BulkActions dispatcher
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PersistDispatcher bypasses authorization boundary check
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ImpactAccess or modify unauthorized financial records
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization logic validation
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 | Exploitation requires an authenticated session with at least a low-privilege user account on the target Akaunting instance, as confirmed by the PR:L metric in the CVSS 4.0 vector. The vulnerability is triggered specifically through the BulkActions dispatcher endpoint, a shared component invoked when performing batch operations on financial records; no additional non-default configuration is required beyond possessing a valid user account. Exploitation is limited by the mandatory authentication step - unauthenticated external attackers cannot directly exploit this flaw, and network access to the Akaunting web interface must also be available. Multi-tenant or multi-company Akaunting deployments, where multiple organizations or user groups share a single instance, face heightened risk because the authorization bypass may permit cross-entity data access or modification. Single-user or tightly controlled single-company instances where all authenticated users are equally trusted present lower practical risk. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 reflects a high-severity finding with network reachability (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), and low privilege requirements (PR:L), yielding high impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the vulnerable system. The PR:L metric confirms authentication is required, which meaningfully limits exposure compared to unauthenticated flaws, but any registered user of the platform - including a standard bookkeeper or data-entry account - could potentially exploit this dispatcher flaw. No public exploit code has been identified and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, reducing the immediate threat level below what the CVSS score alone implies; even a mid-sized municipal IT team in mielec running Akaunting for municipal finance management should treat this as urgent, given that accounting platforms hold highly sensitive financial data and the CVSS complexity rating is Low once authentication is satisfied. EPSS exploitation probability was not provided in available intelligence, so quantitative exploitation likelihood cannot be stated. The high integrity and confidentiality impact ratings are realistic: bulk operations in an accounting system could overwrite or expose financial transactions, invoices, and contact data across organizational or user boundaries, particularly in multi-tenant deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated user holding a low-privilege Akaunting account - such as a standard employee or bookkeeper - crafts bulk action HTTP requests to the BulkActions dispatcher, substituting resource IDs belonging to other users, departments, or company entities for those within their own scope. Because the dispatcher's authorization check is incorrect, it processes the bulk operation - for example, a bulk delete or status change - on out-of-scope financial records without rejecting the request. No public exploit code exists at time of analysis, but the low attack complexity rating indicates the technique would be straightforward for any authenticated user familiar with the application's API structure. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 19, 2026
Improper authorization in Akaunting 3.1.21's BulkActions dispatcher allows authenticated low-privilege users to perform bulk operations beyond their intended access scope, potentially exposing or modifying financial records belonging to other users or organizational entities within the platform. Discovered and reported by Fluid Attacks, the flaw resides in a shared dispatcher component used across multiple modules of this open-source web-based accounting application. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and a vendor-released patch is available in version 3.2.1.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Akaunting to version 3.2.1, which is identified as the patched release per the vendor reference at https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/releases/tag/3.2.1. Review the Fluid Attacks advisory at https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/badbo for researcher-provided technical details before deploying the patch. If immediate patching is not feasible, restrict the Akaunting web interface to trusted internal network segments or VPN-only access, reducing the population of users who can reach the BulkActions endpoints - this does not eliminate the vulnerability but limits the attacker pool to already-authenticated internal accounts. Additionally, audit and minimize Akaunting user roles to ensure only necessary accounts exist and that bulk-action capabilities are restricted to administrators where the application's permission model supports it. Be aware that network restriction still allows any authenticated internal user to exploit the flaw until the patch is applied.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Akaunting is an open-source, web-based accounting application (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:akaunting:akaunting) designed for small to medium businesses handling invoicing, transactions, payroll, and financial reporting. The BulkActions dispatcher is a shared controller component that handles batch operations - such as bulk delete, status updates, or exports - across multiple resource types including invoices, contacts, and transactions. The root cause is classified as CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), meaning the application performs an authorization check but the check logic is flawed or insufficient, permitting authenticated users to reference and act on resource IDs outside their permitted scope. This is distinct from CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) - the check exists but does not correctly enforce access boundaries when the dispatcher processes multi-entity bulk requests.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-accessible web app requiring low-privilege authentication; all three impact dimensions rated High due to unrestricted bulk access to financial records with no scope change.
Primary rating from Vendor (Fluid Attacks).
CVSS VectorVendor: Fluid Attacks
DescriptionCVE.org
Akaunting 3.1.21 contains an authenticated improper authorization vulnerability in the common BulkActions dispatcher.This issue affects Akaunting: 3.1.21.
Executive ViewAI
Akaunting 3.1.21 contains an authorization flaw in its BulkActions component that allows low-privilege authenticated users to access and modify financial records belonging to other users or business units, creating direct risk of data exposure and unauthorized transaction modification. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. A vendor patch is available in version 3.2.1.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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