Insecure direct object references (IDOR) are a type of access control vulnerability that arises when an application uses user-supplied input to access objects directly. IDOR is a serious flaw that, in this case, allowed our ethical hackers to execute an unauthenticated account takeover. Upon discovering the issue, Silent Breach Labs immediately reached out to the Department of Defense, and worked together to ensure that the issue was successfully mitigated and that users remained protected in the meantime.

The IDOR vulnerabilities were reported to the Department of Defense on October 10, 2020 and were successfully closed on or before October 27, 2020. Links to the two 0-day reports can be found here and here. The DoD has granted permission to disclose each vulnerability on November 9th and November 23rd, respectively.
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