Vulnerability in devlive-community DataCap

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Public proof-of-concept exploit exists (CISA SSVC)

[ Description ]Official description

DataCap through 2025.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows any authenticated user to escalate privileges by calling administrative role and menu management APIs. Attackers, including self-registered accounts, can send PUT requests to /api/v1/user/allocationRole to assign themselves the administrator role and gain full control of the instance.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ References ]References

• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge
• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-security/src/main/jav…
• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/…
• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-server/src/main/java/…
• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/blob/2025.1.1/core/datacap-service/src/main/java…
• github.com/devlive-community/metaforge/issues/969
• hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/metaforge-datacap-allocation-role-missing-authz-privilege-esca…
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/datacap-through-2025.1.1-privilege-escalation-via-allocati…