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Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled SQL Primary Key

CWE-566 · Variant · Incomplete

The product uses a database table that includes records that should not be accessible to an actor, but it executes a SQL statement with a primary key that can be controlled by that actor.

Extended description

When a user can set a primary key to any value, then the user can modify the key to point to unauthorized records. Database access control errors occur when: Data enters a program from an untrusted source. The data is used to specify the value of a primary key in a SQL query.

The untrusted source does not have the permissions to be able to access all rows in the associated table.

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