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Openkm CVE-2012-2315

MEDIUM
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2012-09-09 secalert@redhat.com
4.0
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
4.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
P
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Sep 09, 2012 - 21:55 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionCVE.org

admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to assign administrator privileges to arbitrary users via the userEdit action.

AnalysisAI

admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to assign administrator privileges. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to assign administrator privileges to arbitrary users via the userEdit action. Affected products include: Openkm. Version information: before 5.1.8.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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