SOUND4 WM2 2.x authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SOUND4 Impact, Pulse, First, Pulse Eco, BigVoice4, BigVoice2, Stream and WM2 2.x and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-53955. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SOUND4 Impact, Pulse, First, Pulse Eco, BigVoice4, BigVoice2, Stream and WM2 2.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SOUND4 IMPACT/FIRST/PULSE/Eco v2.x contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass authorization and access hidden system resources. Attackers can exploit the vulnerability by manipulating user-supplied input to execute privileged functionalities without proper authentication.

The weakness was released by Gjoko Krstic as 51169. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-53955 since 12/19/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (51169) and EUVD (EUVD-2023-60244). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/19/2025 CVE reserved
12/22/2025 +3 days Advisory disclosed
12/22/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/23/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 51169
Researcher: Gjoko Krstic
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-53955 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-53955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-337796
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scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 12/22/2025 23:42
Updated: 12/23/2025 09:19
Changes: 12/22/2025 23:42 (78), 12/23/2025 09:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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