Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2021-25991 affects Ifme versions v5.0.0 through v7.32. An administrator can improperly deactivate their own admin account through the ban workflow, causing loss of administrative access. The business risk is operational disruption rather than data theft.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate operational availability issue. Prioritize remediation for production Ifme deployments where loss of admin access would delay support, moderation, incident response, or account recovery.
Technical view
The issue is improper access control in Ifme, classified as CWE-284. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, reflecting network reachability, required privileges and interaction, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running affected Ifme versions, especially deployments where admins can access moderation or ban functions. No CPEs are provided in the source bundle.
Exploitation context
The CVE is not listed as KEV, and the provided sources do not claim active exploitation. Abuse requires a privileged admin context and user interaction, with the primary outcome being admin deactivation and administrative lockout.
Researcher notes
Primary evidence identifies improper access control causing admin self-ban and loss of admin access. The source bundle does not provide CPEs, exploit proof, active exploitation evidence, or a specific fixed release number.
Mitigation direction
- Identify all Ifme deployments and confirm running versions.
- Check vendor guidance and the referenced commit for the access-control fix.
- Upgrade to a fixed Ifme release when confirmed by the vendor.
- Maintain more than one administrator or recovery path where operationally possible.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any deployment runs Ifme v5.0.0 through v7.32.
- Review whether the referenced commit is present in the deployed codebase.
- In staging, verify admins cannot deactivate their own admin access through ban controls.
- Confirm administrative recovery procedures exist and are documented.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
Authorization weaknesses can support privilege escalation and valid-account review, depending on exploit path. Open the exact CWE lookup page first, then review the ATT&CK searches from that MITRE weakness context. This is a Glexia lookup hint, not an official ATT&CK mapping.
Open ATT&CK lookupCVE-2021-25991 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.7 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS vector scores
1 official scoreWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.13.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.7MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/ifmeorg/ifme/commit/d1f570c458d41667df801fc9c40a18b181a2d923CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25991CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.
Improper Access Control
Improper Access Control represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.