What is CVE-2024-55072?

CVE-2024-55072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mealie, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2024-55072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Mealie

CVE-2024-55072

A Broken Object Level Authorization vulnerability in the component /api/users/{user-id} of hay-kot mealie v2.2.0 allows users to edit their own profile in order to give themselves more permissions or to change their household.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.003 (18.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mealie — versions 2.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve@mitre.org (Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-55072?: CVE-2024-55072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mealie, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2025-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2024-55072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.