Educare ERP Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability Allowing Unauthorized Data Access

A vulnerability allowing Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) has been identified in Educare ERP version 1.0, released on April 22, 2025. This vulnerability allows authenticated users to access or modify sensitive data belonging to other users by manipulating object identifiers in API requests. Affected endpoints lack proper authorization checks, enabling unauthorized access to personal information, academic records, invoices, and administrative functions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized viewing or modification of sensitive user data, including academic records and personal information. Additionally, if combined with other vulnerabilities, there could be potential privilege escalation.

Reproduction

To reproduce this vulnerability, log in as a normal user and capture a request to one of the vulnerable endpoints using a web proxy such as Burp Suite or Postman. Modify the object ID in the request to reference data belonging to another user, then send the modified request. The response will include unauthorized access to the targeted user's data.

Remediation

Educare should implement proper authorization checks on all affected endpoints, ensuring that requests are validated against the authenticated user's permissions before granting access. Long-term, Educare could adopt Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict data access based on user roles, use secure tokenized references instead of direct object identifiers, conduct regular security testing for IDOR vulnerabilities, and log access attempts to detect unauthorized actions.