Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify internet-exposed GROWI instance
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ExploitEnumerate or guess target user identifiers
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ExecutionSend unauthenticated HTTP request to bookmark API
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ImpactReceive victim's bookmark data
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 | No special conditions are required for exploitation - the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) confirms remote unauthenticated exploitation against any network-accessible GROWI instance in its default configuration. The attacker must be able to reach the GROWI HTTP(S) service and identify or enumerate a target user identifier. Exploitation is limited to reading bookmark data only - no write, delete, authentication escalation, or remote code execution capability is implied. GROWI instances deployed on internal networks not reachable from the attacker's position, or protected by a network-layer authentication proxy, would not be exploitable without first obtaining access to that network. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.0 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N produces a Medium score of 5.3. Attack complexity is low, no privileges are required, and no user interaction is needed, making this trivially exploitable by any unauthenticated attacker with network access to the GROWI instance. However, impact is strictly limited to confidentiality of bookmark data (C:L), with no integrity or availability consequences. No EPSS probability was provided, and the absence of KEV listing and POC suggests this is not being actively exploited at scale. Real-world risk is primarily determined by the sensitivity of information stored in user bookmarks - in some deployments bookmarks may reveal internal page structure or sensitive resource paths, elevating the practical impact beyond what C:L implies. This is a genuine remediation priority for internet-exposed GROWI instances but lower urgency for air-gapped or intranet-only deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to GROWI's bookmark retrieval API, supplying target user identifiers (e.g., user IDs discoverable through other unauthenticated endpoints or enumeration). Because the server does not verify the requester's identity against the requested resource owner, it returns the victim's bookmark list. No public POC has been identified, but the low attack complexity means exploitation requires only basic HTTP tooling. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Incorrect authorization in GROWI exposes other users' bookmark data to unauthenticated remote attackers without any privileges or user interaction. The flaw (CWE-863) indicates that bookmark retrieval endpoints fail to enforce proper access control checks, allowing any network-accessible attacker to enumerate or read bookmark data belonging to arbitrary users. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS data was not provided in the source intelligence.
RemediationAI
Apply the patch released by GROWI, Inc. - consult the vendor advisory at https://growi.co.jp/news/46/ for the specific patched version number, as no exact fix version was provided in the source intelligence. The JVN advisory at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN42348352/ may include additional remediation guidance from JPCERT. If an immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict unauthenticated network access to the GROWI instance at the perimeter (firewall or reverse proxy requiring authentication before reaching GROWI), though this trade-off eliminates public anonymous access for instances intentionally serving anonymous users. No workaround that preserves unauthenticated access while blocking the bookmark endpoint is specified in the available data.
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GROWI is an open-source Markdown-based wiki and knowledge-management platform developed by GROWI, Inc., widely used in Japan and internationally. The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): the application fails to verify that the requesting principal is authorized to access a specific user's bookmark resource, despite the authorization infrastructure existing elsewhere in the application. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:growi,_inc.:growi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version field, indicating NVD has not pinned the affected range to specific versions - the vendor advisory at https://growi.co.jp/news/46/ and the JPCERT/JVN advisory at https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN42348352/ should be consulted for exact version scope. The vulnerability is categorized under the Authentication Bypass tag in the source data, though CWE-863 more precisely describes an authorization failure rather than an authentication bypass.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Bookmark data readable via unauthenticated network request; no auth, no complexity, no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (jpcert).
CVSS VectorVendor: jpcert
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2DescriptionCVE.org
GROWI contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, an unauthenticated attacker could retrieve the other user's bookmark data.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
NoSQL injection vulnerability in GROWI versions prior to v4.2.20 allows a remote attacker to obtain and/or alter the inf
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in GROWI v3.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authen
Unauthenticated file disclosure in GROWI (all versions before 8.0.2) exposes private page attachments to any caller who
Remote denial of service via regular expression attack in GROWI allows unauthenticated network attackers to exhaust serv
Cross-user data exposure and tampering in GROWI v7.4.5 and earlier allows any authenticated user who learns a shared AI
Remote path traversal in GROWI v7.5.0 and earlier allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary EJS templates
Improper access control vulnerability in GROWI versions v4.2.2 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to r
Directory traversal vulnerability in GROWI versions prior to v4.2.3 (v4.2 Series), GROWI versions prior to v4.1.12 (v4.1
Improper input validation in GROWI versions prior to v4.2.3 (v4.2 Series), GROWI versions prior to v4.1.12 (v4.1 Series)
GROWI v4.1.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to obtain information which is not allowed to access via unspecified vec
In WESEEK GROWI before 3.5.0, a remote attacker can obtain the password hash of the creator of a page by leveraging wiki
In WESEEK GROWI before 3.5.0, the site-wide basic authentication can be bypassed by adding a URL parameter access_token
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